--- title: The two then set about skinning it, after which they stuffed the ski… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The two then set about skinning it, after which they stuffed the skin with dried leaves, so that no one would have guessed it was not alive, and set it up in the middle of a lump of bushes, which kept it firm on its feet. Who acts: two, goats, rabbit, bushes. 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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 (two, goats, rabbit, bushes), 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:pg3027:4:19 # text = The two then set about skinning it, after which they stuffed the skin with dried leaves, so that no one would have guessed it was not alive, and set it up in the middle of a lump of bushes, which kept it firm on its feet. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 about about SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 skinning skin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stuffed stuff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 25 mark _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux _ _ 25 guessed guess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 set set VERB VB Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | infinitive | the two | | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **skin** | gerund | the two *not said here* | rabbit | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 3 | **stuff** | past | goats *= goat* | the skin | | | | with dried leaves | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Destination with leaf=Theme | | 4 | **dry** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **guess** | would · perfect · passive | | no one | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **not** **is** | past | rabbit | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **set up** | infinitive | the two *not said here* | rabbit | | the middle of a lump of bushes | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in middle=Destination | | 8 | **keep** | past | bushes | rabbit | | rabbit's feet | | firm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on foot=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/)