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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 (hero, blind hero, smell), 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:pg22373:43:151 # text = It ran up to the tall stump, and turned sharp off on one-side; but the blind hero hurried on, took a spring, and thumped his forehead against the stump so hard that he knocked the stump out by the roots. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 stump stump NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 on on ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 thumped thump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 against against ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 stump stump NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 stump stump NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run up** | past | hero | | | | | to the tall stump *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to stump=Result | | 2 | **turn** | past | hero *not said here* | | | one side | | sharp *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory | | 3 | **hurry on** | participle | | the blind hero *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | the blind hero | | | | spring | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **thump** | past | the blind hero *not said here* | smell's forehead | | | | against the stump; hard *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent forehead=Instrument against stump=Patient | | 6 | **knock out** | past | smell | the stump | | | | by the roots | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stump=Theme by root=Destination | 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 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/150/) - next →: [sentence 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/152/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/43/)