--- title: Not a claw did the big bear flash, not a tooth did he show, as he ra… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Not a claw did the big bear flash, not a tooth did he show, as he ran whimpering like a baby, or as he stood with my nose rammed against his mouth, snarling up into his nostrils. Who acts: claw. 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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 (claw), 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:pg2892:8:13 # text = Not a claw did the big bear flash, not a tooth did he show, as he ran whimpering like a baby, or as he stood with my nose rammed against his mouth, snarling up into his nostrils. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 claw claw NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tooth tooth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 20 whimpering whimper VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 21 like like ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 rammed ram VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 against against ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 snarling snarl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 nostrils nostril NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | a claw | the big bear flash and a tooth | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flash=Eventuality | | 2 | **show** | past · do-support | claw | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **run** | past | claw | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **whimper** | gerund | claw *not said here* | | | | | like a baby | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **stand** | past | claw | | | | | with my nose | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **ram** | participle | | my nose *not said here* | | claw's mouth | | | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against mouth=Location | | 7 | **snarl up** | gerund | claw *not said here* | | | claw's nostrils | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into nostril=Recipient | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/8/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/8/14/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/8/)