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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 (youngest, custom), 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:pg22373:42:59 # text = He has been told that when she is awake her custom is to divert herself in the green fields with her Amazon host--"for nine days she rambles about, and then for nine days she sleeps a heroic slumber." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 advcl _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 divert divert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 15 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 Amazon amazon NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 rambles ramble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 31 about about ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 heroic heroic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 slumber slumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | father | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | youngest *= young* | | | | | awake *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | present | youngest's custom | | | the green fields | | with youngest's Amazon host; divert *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **ramble** *in a quote* | present | youngest *= young* | youngest's Amazon host *not said here* | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme host=Trajectory | | 5 | **sleep** *in a quote* | present | youngest *= young* | a heroic slumber | | | then; day | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slumber=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:** «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/60/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/)