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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 (Gunnar, Sigurd, horse, mighty roar), 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:pg22373:45:121 # text = Gunnar fails to do so, but Sigurd succeeds; his horse leaps into the fire, "and a mighty roar arose as the fire burned ever madder, and the earth trembled, and the flames went up even unto the heavens, nor had any dared to ride as he rode, even as it were through the deep murk." 1 Gunnar Gunnar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fails fail VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 succeeds succeed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 leaps leap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 28 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 29 advmod _ _ 29 madder mad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 even even ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 unto unto ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 47 cc _ _ 47 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 48 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 47 obj _ _ 49 dared dare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 56 even even ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 57 as as SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 59 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 60 through through ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 murk murk NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | present | Gunnar | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | Gunnar *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **succeed** | present | Sigurd | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **leap** | present | Gunnar's horse | | | the fire | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into fire=Destination | | 5 | **arise** *in a quote* | past | a mighty roar | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **burn** *in a quote* | past | the fire | | | | | mad *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tremble** *in a quote* | past | the earth | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go up** *in a quote* | past | the flames | | | | | unto the heavens | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the earth *not said here* | any | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient | | 10 | **dare** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **ride** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **ride** *in a quote* | past | fire | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **is** *in a quote* | past | flame | | | the deep murk | | | tree rules | 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/122/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/)