--- title: And on she trotted again chuckling to herself on her good luck, till… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And on she trotted again chuckling to herself on her good luck, till presently she glanced over her shoulder, "just to make sure it was there still," as she said to herself. Who acts: niver, shoulder. 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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 (niver, shoulder), 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:pg14241:20:11 # text = And on she trotted again chuckling to herself on her good luck, till presently she glanced over her shoulder, "just to make sure it was there still," as she said to herself. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 on on SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 trotted trot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 chuckling chuckle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 till till SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 presently presently ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 glanced glance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 just just ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 26 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 30 still still ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trot** | past | niver | | | | again | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **chuckle** | gerund | niver *not said here* | | niver | niver's good luck | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | | 3 | **glance** | past | niver | | | niver's shoulder | | presently *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | shoulder | | | | still | there *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | niver | | niver | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/12/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/)