--- title: I shot at them; some say I killed eighteen; but I am sure I killed t… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I shot at them; some say I killed eighteen; but I am sure I killed thirty-six, besides a dead salmon which was flying over the bridge, of which I made the best apple-pie I ever tasted. Who acts: I, some, dead salmon. 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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 (I, some, dead salmon), 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:pg14241:18:99 # text = I shot at them; some say I killed eighteen; but I am sure I killed thirty-six, besides a dead salmon which was flying over the bridge, of which I made the best apple-pie I ever tasted. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 10 eighteen eighteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 18 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 besides beside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 salmon salmon NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 over over ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 38 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 amod _ _ 39 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 pie pie NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 44 tasted taste VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | past | I | | | | | at partridges *= partridge* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at they=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | some | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **kill** | past | I | eighteen | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eighteen=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **kill** | past | I | thirty | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thirty=Theme | | 6 | **beside** | present | I *not said here* | a dead salmon | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fly** | past · progressive | a dead salmon | | | the bridge | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over bridge=Location | | 8 | **make** | past | I | the best apple pie | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Product | | 9 | **taste** | past | I | the best apple pie *not said here* | | | ever | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme pie=Attribute | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/100/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/)