--- title: It is hard to tell how he ran or at what speed he ran, but he went f… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It is hard to tell how he ran or at what speed he ran, but he went forward in great two-legged jumps, and at times he moved in immense one-legged, mud-spattering hops, and at times again, with wide-stretched, far-flung, terrible-tramping, space-destroying legs he ran. Who acts: Carl, speed. 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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 (Carl, speed), 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:pg2892:52:4 # text = It is hard to tell how he ran or at what speed he ran, but he went forward in great two-legged jumps, and at times he moved in immense one-legged, mud-spattering hops, and at times again, with wide-stretched, far-flung, terrible-tramping, space-destroying legs he ran. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 csubj _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 conj _ _ 12 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 forward forward ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 legged legged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 jumps jump NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 33 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 legged legged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 spattering spatter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 amod _ _ 41 hops hop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 46 again again ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 with with SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 flung fling VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 tramping tramping NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 62 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 destroying destroy VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 64 amod _ _ 64 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | time | hard *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **run** | past | Carl | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **run** | past | speed | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | Carl | | | great legged jumps | | forward *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in jump=Location | | 6 | **move** | past | Carl | times *not said here* | | immense legged spattering hops | again | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent time=Theme | | 7 | **spatter** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **stretch** | participle | Carl *not said here* | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **fling** | participle | Carl *not said here* | terrible tramping destroying legs | | | | far *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **destroy** | gerund | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **run** | past | Carl | destroying legs *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme leg=Trajectory | 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:** «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Project Gutenberg book 2892 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/52/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/52/5/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/52/)