--- title: So she clomb and she clomb and she clomb, but ne'er a step higher di… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So she clomb and she clomb and she clomb, but ne'er a step higher did she get: the light was before her and around her, and the water behind her, and the more she struggled the more she was forced down into the dark and the cold, and the more she clomb the deeper she fell. 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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 (she clomb, light, t, water), 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:pg14241:30:3 # text = So she clomb and she clomb and she clomb, but ne'er a step higher did she get: the light was before her and around her, and the water behind her, and the more she struggled the more she was forced down into the dark and the cold, and the more she clomb the deeper she fell. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 compound _ _ 3 clomb clomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:outer _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 compound _ _ 6 clomb clomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 compound _ _ 9 clomb clomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 ne'er ne'er ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 15 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 before before ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 around around ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 32 behind behind ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 struggled struggle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 45 down down ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 57 advmod _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 clomb clomb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 57 xcomp _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | she clomb and she clomb and she clomb | | | | | ne'er a step | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the light | | | | before t | | tree rules | | 3 | **struggle** | past | t | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **force down** | past · passive | | t | | the dark | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **clomb** | infinitive | the water behind t | | | | | deep *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **fall** | past | t | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/4/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/)