--- title: “This leads me to the brook where I drink! and this,” said he, turni… — Old Indian Legends · tree and pragmatics description: “This leads me to the brook where I drink! and this,” said he, turning to the one on his left, “and this takes me into the forest, where I feel about for dry sticks for my fire.” Who acts: This, I, my. 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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 (This, I, my), 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:pg338:14:57 # text = “This leads me to the brook where I drink! and this,” said he, turning to the one on his left, “and this takes me into the forest, where I feel about for dry sticks for my fire.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 30 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 about about ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** *in a quote* | present | This | me | | the brook | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to brook=Destination | | 2 | **drink** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn** | gerund | | | the one | Maker's left | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme to one=Source on left=Trajectory | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | present | this | me | | the forest | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme into forest=Destination | | 6 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | for dry sticks for my fire; about *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for stick=Theme | | 7 | **fire** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «Old Indian Legends» by Zitkala-Sa, Project Gutenberg book 338 (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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg338/14/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg338/14/58/) - ↑ back to [Manstin, the Rabbit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg338/14/)