--- title: Eight times he leaped over the wall and eight times found himself wh… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Eight times he leaped over the wall and eight times found himself where he had started from; but after the ninth leap there was a change, there was a palace and there was a garden, but the deer were gone. Who acts: end, change, deer. 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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 (end, change, deer), 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:pg3282:3:45 # text = Eight times he leaped over the wall and eight times found himself where he had started from; but after the ninth leap there was a change, there was a palace and there was a garden, but the deer were gone. 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 after after ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 ninth ninth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leap** | past | end | | | the wall | time | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Trajectory | | 2 | **find** | past | end *not said here* | end | | | time | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 3 | **start** | past · perfect | end | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **is a** | past | | a change | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | past | a change | a garden | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | the deer | | | | | gone *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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/46/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/)