--- title: I am not a fish at all, but a girl; at least I was a girl a few minu… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I am not a fish at all, but a girl; at least I was a girl a few minutes ago, only--' And she ducked her head under the waves so that they should not see her crying. Who acts: I, power, waves. 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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 (I, power, waves), 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:pg3027:25:24 # text = I am not a fish at all, but a girl; at least I was a girl a few minutes ago, only--' And she ducked her head under the waves so that they should not see her crying. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 obl _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 ago ago ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 only only ADV RB _ 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 27 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 ducked duck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 under under ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 35 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 40 mark _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 42 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | I | a fish | | all | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | I | a girl | | least | | ago *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **duck** | past | power | power's head | | the waves | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent head=Location | | 4 | **not** **see** | should | waves *= wave* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | power | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/)