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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (he), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:10:1 # text = Then he stooped and gathered a handful of earth, and murmured some words over it, after which he threw the earth in my face, saying as he did so, "Quit the form of a man, and assume that of a monkey." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stooped stoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 murmured murmur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 after after ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Quit quit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 assume assume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 44 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stoop** | past | he | | | | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gather** | past | he *not said here* | a handful of earth | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme | | 3 | **murmur** *speech: other* | past | he *not said here* | some words | | earth | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 4 | **throw** | past | he | the earth | | my face | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent earth=Theme in face=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **quit** *in a quote* | past · do-support | | the form of a man | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Source | | 7 | **assume** *in a quote* | infinitive | he *not said here* | that | | | | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 8 | **form** *in a quote* | | | a man | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [Opening, part 9, 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/9/105/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/10/)