--- title: He stood there looking after the crocodile, and rejoicing that he wa… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He stood there looking after the crocodile, and rejoicing that he was free, when he was startled by a wild duck which flew past them, seeking shelter among the rushes that bordered the edge of the stream. Who acts: prince, wild duck, rushes. 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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 (prince, wild duck, rushes), 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:pg3282:26:38 # text = He stood there looking after the crocodile, and rejoicing that he was free, when he was startled by a wild duck which flew past them, seeking shelter among the rushes that bordered the edge of the stream. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 4 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 crocodile crocodile NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 rejoicing rejoice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 startled startle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 past past ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 30 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 among among ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 rushes rush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 bordered border VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | prince | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **look** | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | | after the crocodile | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **rejoice** | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | prince | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **startle** | past · passive | a wild duck | prince | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 6 | **fly** | past | a wild duck | | | | | past fates *= fate* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past they=Trajectory | | 7 | **seek** | gerund | a wild duck *not said here* | shelter | | the rushes | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme among rush=Location | | 8 | **border** | past | the rushes | the edge of the stream | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme edge=Co-Theme | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/39/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/)