--- title: Crane, No. ccv., a servant being asked the news by his master return… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Crane, No. ccv., a servant being asked the news by his master returned from a pilgrimage to Compostella, says the dog is lame, and goes on to explain: "While the dog was running near the mule, the mule kicked him and broke his own halter and ran through the house, scattering the fire with his hoofs, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/70/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [LXXVII. News!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/70/) / 5 # More English Fairy Tales, LXXVII. News!, sentence 5 Crane, No. ccv., a servant being asked the news by his master returned from a pilgrimage to Compostella, says the dog is lame, and goes on to explain: "While the dog was running near the mule, the mule kicked him and broke his own halter and ran through the house, scattering the fire with his hoofs, and burning down your house with your wife." **Who acts:** master, dog, mule · **What happens:** ask, return, say, be, go on, explain · **To what, where:** servant, pilgrimage, dog, own halter, house, fire · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, LXXVII. News!. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (master, dog, mule), 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:pg14241:70:5 # text = Crane, No. ccv., a servant being asked the news by his master returned from a pilgrimage to Compostella, says the dog is lame, and goes on to explain: "While the dog was running near the mule, the mule kicked him and broke his own halter and ran through the house, scattering the fire with his hoofs, and burning down your house with your wife." 1 Crane crane NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 No. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 ccv ccv NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 by by SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 pilgrimage pilgrimage NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Compostella Compostella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 lame lame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 31 on on ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 While while SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 ccomp _ _ 41 near near ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 halter halter NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 56 through through ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 scattering scatter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 with with ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 hoofs hoof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 69 down down ADP RP _ 68 compound:prt _ _ 70 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 72 with with ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund · passive | | a servant | | | | Crane and No. ccv *obl:unmarked* | tree rules | | 2 | **return** | past | Exempla's master | | | a pilgrimage to Compostella | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from pilgrimage=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | the dog | | | | | lame *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go on** | present | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **run** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the dog | | | | | near the mule | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near mule=Trajectory | | 8 | **kick** *in a quote* | past | the mule | dog | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 9 | **break** *in a quote* | past | the mule *not said here* | Exempla's own halter | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer halter=Patient | | 10 | **run** *in a quote* | past | the mule *not said here* | | | the house | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through house=Trajectory | | 11 | **scatter** *in a quote* | gerund | the dog *not said here* | the fire | | | | with Exempla's hoofs | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent fire=Destination with hoof=Theme | | 12 | **burn down** *in a quote* | gerund | the dog *not said here* | your house | | | | with your wife | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent house=Patient with wife=Instrument | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/70/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/70/6/) - ↑ back to [LXXVII. News!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/70/)