--- title: This the panther noticed, and suddenly made a bound at the culprit a… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This the panther noticed, and suddenly made a bound at the culprit and seized his tail; but again the jackal was too quick for him, and catching up a knife he cut off his tail and darted into the forest, followed by all the rest of the party. Who acts: panther, jackal. 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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 (panther, jackal), 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:pg3027:17:143 # text = This the panther noticed, and suddenly made a bound at the culprit and seized his tail; but again the jackal was too quick for him, and catching up a knife he cut off his tail and darted into the forest, followed by all the rest of the party. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bound bound NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 culprit culprit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 too too ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 catching catch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 csubj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 36 off off ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 darted dart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | past | this panther | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | past | | a bound | | the culprit | | suddenly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bound=Product | | 3 | **seize** | past | | panther's tail | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the jackal | | | | again | for panther; quick *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **catch up** | gerund | | a knife | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme | | 6 | **cut off** | past | Jackal | Jackal's tail | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector tail=Eventuality | | 7 | **dart** | past | Jackal *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into forest=Destination | | 8 | **follow** | participle | | the forest *not said here* | | | | by all rest of the party | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by rest=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:** «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 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/17/142/) - next →: [sentence 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/17/144/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/17/)