--- title: 'Why I was up that river only a few hours ago!' cried the tunny; 'an… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Why I was up that river only a few hours ago!' cried the tunny; 'and as I was coming back something fell into my ear, and there it is still, for I went to sleep, when I got home and forgot all about it. Who acts: few hours, I, something, tunny. 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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 (few hours, I, something, tunny), 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:pg3027:15:40 # text = 'Why I was up that river only a few hours ago!' cried the tunny; 'and as I was coming back something fell into my ear, and there it is still, for I went to sleep, when I got home and forgot all about it. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 det _ _ 7 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 csubj _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 12 ago ago ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 15 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tunny tunny NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 27 nsubj _ _ 27 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 36 still still ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 47 home home ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 50 all all ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 51 about about ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | that river | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | a few hours | the tunny | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tunny=Topic | | 3 | **come back** | past · progressive | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fall** | past | something | | | | | into my ear *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into ear=Result | | 5 | **be** | present | tunny | | | there | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **get** | past | I | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **forget** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | about tunny | tree rules | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/)