--- title: “Now at last I have found some one who knows the art of lamentation,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Now at last I have found some one who knows the art of lamentation,” exclaimed the bear, quite delighted; and he led the fox back to his cave, and bade him begin his lament over the dead wife who was lying stretched out on her bed of grey moss. Who acts: bear, one, bade. 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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 (bear, one, bade), 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:pg2435:25:17 # text = “Now at last I have found some one who knows the art of lamentation,” exclaimed the bear, quite delighted; and he led the fox back to his cave, and bade him begin his lament over the dead wife who was lying stretched out on her bed of grey moss. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 8 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 lamentation lamentation NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 18 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 quite quite ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 back back ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 begin begin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 lament lament NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 over over ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 47 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 out out ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the bear *= bear* | some one | | | now | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | some one | the art of lamentation | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer art=Stimulus | | 3 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | the bear | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lead** | past | bear | the fox | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme | | 5 | **begin** | present | bade | bear's lament | | | | over the dead wife | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lament=Eventuality | | 6 | **stretch out** | past · passive | | the dead wife | | bade's bed of grey moss | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **lament** | | bear | | | | | | nom lament «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/18/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/)