--- title: The dog, a fierce, wicked-looking creature, he slew with one blow fr… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The dog, a fierce, wicked-looking creature, he slew with one blow from his fist, for it is well known that if a Stalo's dog licks the blood that flows from his dead master's wounds the Stalo comes to life again. Who acts: dog, blood, Stalo. 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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 (dog, blood, Stalo), 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:pg3027:37:6 # text = The dog, a fierce, wicked-looking creature, he slew with one blow from his fist, for it is well known that if a Stalo's dog licks the blood that flows from his dead master's wounds the Stalo comes to life again. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 5 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 fist fist NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 24 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 25 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Stalo Stalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 licks lick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 wounds wound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Stalo Stalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **slay** | past | the dog a fierce looking creature | | | | | with one blow from dog's fist | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with blow=Instrument | | 3 | **know** | present · passive | | fist | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **lick** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a Stalo's dog | the blood | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | | 5 | **flow** | present | the blood | | | dog's dead master | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **wound** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | present | the Stalo | | | life | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to life=Initial\_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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/)