--- title: 'O Chief,' answered Chi-eswa-mapiri, 'at mid- day a man came out of… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'O Chief,' answered Chi-eswa-mapiri, 'at mid- day a man came out of the river; he was of immense statue, and his grey moustaches were of such length that I could not see where they ended! Who acts: Chief, man, grey moustaches, I. 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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 (Chief, man, grey moustaches, I), 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:pg3027:1:100 # text = 'O Chief,' answered Chi-eswa-mapiri, 'at mid- day a man came out of the river; he was of immense statue, and his grey moustaches were of such length that I could not see where they ended! 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 3 case _ _ 3 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Chi Chi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 eswa eswa NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 mapiri mapiri NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 mid mid X AFX _ 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 moustaches moustache NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 parataxis _ _ 45 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Chief | Chi eswa mapiri | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent mapiri=Eventuality | | 2 | **come out** | past | a man | the river | | | day | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient river=Result | | 3 | **is** | past | Chief | | | | | of immense statue | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | Chief's grey moustaches | | | | | of such length | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **see** | could | I | that | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **end** | past | moustaches *= moustache* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/101/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/)