--- title: But he got up and first shook one leg--no, that was not broken; and… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But he got up and first shook one leg--no, that was not broken; and then another, and that was not broken; and another and another, and then he wagged his tail and found there were no bones broken. Who acts: Scrapefoot, bones. 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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 (Scrapefoot, bones), 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:pg14241:23:42 # text = But he got up and first shook one leg--no, that was not broken; and then another, and that was not broken; and another and another, and then he wagged his tail and found there were no bones broken. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ _ 7 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 16 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 3 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 wagged wag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 42 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 44 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 45 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | Scrapefoot | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **shake** | past | Scrapefoot *not said here* | one leg | | | | first *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | | 3 | **not** **break** | past · passive | | that | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **not** **break** | past · passive | | that | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **wag** | past | Scrapefoot | Scrapefoot's tail | | | then | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | | 6 | **find** | past | Scrapefoot *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **be** | past | no bones | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **break** | participle | | no bones *not said here* | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/43/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/)