--- title: And he seized the black duck by the neck, And slung him all across h… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And he seized the black duck by the neck, And slung him all across his back, The black duck cried out "quack, quack, quack," With his legs all dangling down-o! Who acts: rest, black duck. 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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 (rest, black duck), 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:pg14241:31:61 # text = And he seized the black duck by the neck, And slung him all across his back, The black duck cried out "quack, quack, quack," With his legs all dangling down-o! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 slung sling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 all all ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 across across ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 32 With with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 35 all all ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 dangling dangle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 37 down down ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 o o INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | rest | the black duck | | | | by the neck | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=Theme | | 2 | **sling** | past | rest *not said here* | rest | | rest's back | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | the black duck | quack and quack and quack and rest's legs | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **dangle** | gerund | the black duck *not said here* | | | | | all, down *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/62/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/31/)