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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, father), 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:pg14241:30:84 # text = No," says the bull-calf, "I'm going across the field, into the wild-wood wilderness country, where there'll be tigers, leopards, wolves, monkeys, and a fiery dragon, and I'll kill them all except the fiery dragon, and he'll kill me." 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 14 across across ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 20 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 tigers tiger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 leopards leopard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 47 nmod:unmarked _ _ 49 except except ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 58 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | | the bull calf | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | present · progressive | I | a fiery dragon | | the field | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme across field=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is a** | infinitive | | tigers and leopards and wolves and monkeys | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **kill** | future | I | monkeys *= monkey* | | | | except the fiery dragon | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | future | father | me | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/85/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/)