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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 (rt), 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:pg14241:22:55 # text = By-and-by he fell asleep, and before he knew what he was about--plump--he rolled off into the river with a splash, and scrambled out, dripping like a drowned rat. 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 about about ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 plump plump ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 splash splash NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 scrambled scramble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 dripping drip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | rt | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | past | rt | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | rt | | | | | about, plump *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **roll off** | past | rt | | | the river | | with a splash | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into river=Destination | | 5 | **scramble out** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **drip** | gerund | | | | | | like a drowned rat | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 7 | **drown** | participle | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: 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. - ← previous: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/22/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/22/56/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/22/)