--- title: Tom's very knee-bones struck, for certainly an ordinary body couldn'… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Tom's very knee-bones struck, for certainly an ordinary body couldn't have known what he'd been thinking to himself, but he looked so kind like, and spoke so fair, that he made bold to get out, a bit quavery like-- Who acts: knee bones, Tom. 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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 (knee bones, Tom), 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:pg14241:17:64 # text = Tom's very knee-bones struck, for certainly an ordinary body couldn't have known what he'd been thinking to himself, but he looked so kind like, and spoke so fair, that he made bold to get out, a bit quavery like-- 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 10 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 15 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 obj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux _ _ 22 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 31 like like ADP IN _ 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 44 out out ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl:unmarked _ _ 48 quavery quavery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 49 like like INTJ UH _ 48 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 50 -- -- PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | participle | Tom's knee bones | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **know** | could · perfect · passive | | a ordinary body | | | | certainly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect · progressive | Tom | | Tom | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 4 | **look** | past | Tom | | | | | kind *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | fair *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make** | past | Tom | | | | | bold, quavery *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **get out** | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - 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