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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 (I, shroud), 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:pg22373:53:28 # text = "There!" says she, "I've taken back the picture and put it in its place; and, what's more, here's a shroud I took away from a corpse." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 shroud shroud NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | girl | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 2 | **take back** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | the picture | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme | | 3 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | picture | | picture's place | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in place=Destination | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a shroud | | | | | more *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a shroud | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take away** *in a quote* | past | I | a shroud *not said here* | | a corpse | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent shroud=Theme from corpse=Initial\_Location | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/53/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/53/29/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/53/)