--- title: Here there was a small swamp, which was just what he wanted, and fin… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Here there was a small swamp, which was just what he wanted, and finding a large stone, he fastened the rope to it, and sank it in the swamp, after which he arranged the tails carefully one by one, so that only their points were seen sticking out of the water. 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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 (small swamp, swamp, points, tails), 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:pg2435:26:56 # text = Here there was a small swamp, which was just what he wanted, and finding a large stone, he fastened the rope to it, and sank it in the swamp, after which he arranged the tails carefully one by one, so that only their points were seen sticking out of the water. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 swamp swamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 conj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 swamp swamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 after after ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 arranged arrange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nmod _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 only only ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 53 sticking stick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 xcomp _ _ 54 out out ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a small swamp | | | here; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | a small swamp | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **want** | past | swamp | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **find** | gerund | swamp *not said here* | a large stone | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Topic | | 5 | **fasten** | past | swamp | the rope | rope | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient to it=Co-Patient | | 6 | **sink** | past | | stone | | the swamp | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **arrange** | past | swamp | the tails one by one | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Product | | 8 | **see** | past · passive | | tails's points | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **stick out** | gerund | tails's points *not said here* | the water | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 10 | **point** | | tails *= tail* | | | | | | nom point «cognition 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/57/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/)