--- title: "How did he happen to get you down and maul you in this startling ma… — Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings · tree and pragmatics description: "How did he happen to get you down and maul you in this startling manner?" asked the commencement orator, with a tone of exaggerated sympathy in his voice. Who acts: dat, commencement orator. 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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 (dat, commencement orator), 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:pg2306:67:15 # text = "How did he happen to get you down and maul you in this startling manner?" asked the commencement orator, with a tone of exaggerated sympathy in his voice. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 maul maul VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 15 startling startle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 amod _ _ 16 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 19 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 commencement commencement NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 orator orator NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 exaggerated exaggerate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 sympathy sympathy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** *in a quote* | past · do-support | dat | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get down** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | dat *not said here* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **maul** *in a quote* | present | dat *not said here* | you | | this startling manner | | | tree rules | | 4 | **startle** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the commencement orator | | | | | with a tone of exaggerated sympathy in dat's voice | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **exaggerate** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **intonate** | | | exaggerated sympathy in dat's voice | | | | | nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings» by Joel Chandler Harris, Project Gutenberg book 2306 (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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/16/) - ↑ back to [XXI. the Fourth of July](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2306/67/)