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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 (touches, my), 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:pg14241:35:9 # text = Browning is said to have taken it from the last source (Furnivall, _Browning Bibliography_, 158), though there are touches which seem to me to come from Howell (see my note _ad loc. 1 Browning browning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 xcomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Furnivall Furnivall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Browning brown VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 17 Bibliography bibliography NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 158 158 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 though though SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 25 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 touches touch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Howell Howell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ad ad NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 loc loc NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | Browning | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive · perfect | | story | | the last source | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from source=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **brown** | gerund | | Bibliography | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bibliography=Patient | | 4 | **does** | present | touches | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **seem** | present | touches | | me | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 6 | **come** | to-infinitive | touches *not said here* | | | Howell | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from howell=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | touches *not said here* | my note | | | | ad loc *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer note=Stimulus | | 8 | **note** | | my | | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: poss=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/35/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/35/10/) - ↑ back to [XLIV. the Pied Piper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/35/)