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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 (Stranger man, man, other Neolithic ladies), 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:pg2781:9:103 # text = The Stranger-man--did you know he was a Tewara?--hurried away with the picture and ran for some miles, till quite by accident he found Teshumai Tewindrow at the door of her Cave, talking to some other Neolithic ladies who had come in to a Primitive lunch. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Tewara Tewara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 till till ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 quite quite ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 Teshumai Teshumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Tewindrow Tewindrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 Cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 44 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 Neolithic neolithic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 in in ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 Primitive primitive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past · do-support | the Stranger man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | man | a Tewara | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hurry away** | participle | | | | | | with the picture; away *property* | vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with picture=Eventuality | | 4 | **run** | past | | | | | till accident | for some miles | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for mile=Beneficiary | | 5 | **find** | past | man | Teshumai Tewindrow | | the door of Tewindrow's Cave | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent tewindrow=Theme at door=Asset | | 6 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | to some other Neolithic ladies | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to lady=Co-Agent | | 7 | **come in** | past · perfect | some other Neolithic ladies | | | a Primitive lunch | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lunch=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:** «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 2781 (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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/9/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/9/104/) - ↑ back to [How the First Letter Was Written](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/9/)