--- title: There was once a turtle who lived among a great many people of diffe… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There was once a turtle who lived among a great many people of different kinds, in a large camp near a big river which was born right up amongst the snows, and flowed straight away south till it reached a sea where the water was always hot. Who acts: turtle, river, water. 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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 (turtle, river, water), 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:pg3282:11:85 # text = There was once a turtle who lived among a great many people of different kinds, in a large camp near a big river which was born right up amongst the snows, and flowed straight away south till it reached a sea where the water was always hot. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 among among ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 21 near near ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 right right ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 up up ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 30 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 snows snow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 straight straight ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 south south ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 39 till till SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 49 advmod _ _ 49 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a turtle | | | there | | once *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **live** | past | a turtle | | | a large camp near a big river | | among a great many people of different kinds | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in camp=Location | | 3 | **bear** | past · passive | | a big river | | | | amongst the snows | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **flow** | past | | | | | | south *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **reach** | past | river | a sea | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent sea=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | the water | | | | | always, hot *property* | tree rules | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/86/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/)