--- title: At last, however, I collected them all and was about to drive them b… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last, however, I collected them all and was about to drive them back, when suddenly they rushed down the hill into the swamp, where they vanished completely, leaving only the points of their tails, which you can see for yourself.” Who acts: I, pigs, you. 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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, pigs, you), 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:pg2435:26:62 # text = At last, however, I collected them all and was about to drive them back, when suddenly they rushed down the hill into the swamp, where they vanished completely, leaving only the points of their tails, which you can see for yourself.” 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 collected collect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 nmod:unmarked _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 22 down down ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 swamp swamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 32 completely completely ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 35 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **collect** | past | I | pigs *= pig* | | last | | however *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **drive back** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | pigs *= pig* | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory | | 4 | **rush** | past | pigs *= pig* | | | | | into the swamp *result*; down the hill; suddenly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into swamp=Result | | 5 | **vanish** | past | pigs *= pig* | | | | | completely *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | gerund | pigs *= pig* *not said here* | the points of pigs's tails | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme | | 7 | **see** | can | you | the points of pigs's tails | | | | for yourself | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 8 | **point** | | | pigs's tails | | | | | nom point «cognition 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:** «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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/63/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/26/)