--- title: The ground all about the river bank was damp and marshy, and as no c… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The ground all about the river bank was damp and marshy, and as no cat likes to wet its feet, this one climbed a tree that rose high above the water, and thought sadly of his lost ball, which would have helped him out of this horrible place. Who acts: ground, cat, one, tree. 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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 (ground, cat, one, tree), 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:pg3282:29:17 # text = The ground all about the river bank was damp and marshy, and as no cat likes to wet its feet, this one climbed a tree that rose high above the water, and thought sadly of his lost ball, which would have helped him out of this horrible place. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 damp damp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 marshy marshy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 wet wet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 31 above above ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 37 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux _ _ 46 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 acl:relcl _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 out out ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 51 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the ground about the river bank | | | | | damp *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the ground about the river bank *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **like** | present | no cat | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **wet** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | no cat *not said here* | ground's feet | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | | 5 | **climb** | past | this one | a tree | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 6 | **rise** | past | a tree | | | the water | | high *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above water=Location | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | this one *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **help** | would · perfect | cat's lost ball | | cat | this horrible place | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/18/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/)