--- title: In the pool of Corri- Bui swims a salmon with a skin that shines lik… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the pool of Corri- Bui swims a salmon with a skin that shines like silver, and whose gills are red--bring them all to me, and then you shall know where dwell your brothers and your sister!' Who acts: pool, skin, gills, you. 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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 (pool, skin, gills, you), 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:pg3027:31:14 # text = In the pool of Corri- Bui swims a salmon with a skin that shines like silver, and whose gills are red--bring them all to me, and then you shall know where dwell your brothers and your sister!' 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Corri Corri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ _ 7 Bui Bui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 8 swims swim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 salmon salmon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 shines shine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 like like ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 gills gill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 nmod:unmarked _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 37 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | present | the pool of Corri | a salmon | | | | with a skin | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme salmon=Trajectory | | 2 | **shine** | present | a skin | | | | | like silver | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | gills | | | | | red *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bring** | infinitive | | gills *= gill* | me | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to i=Destination | | 5 | **know** | shall | you | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **dwell** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your brothers and your sister | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme brother=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/31/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/31/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/31/)