--- title: It was no ram that lay curled up in the corner pretending to be asle… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was no ram that lay curled up in the corner pretending to be asleep (for in reality he could bend back and turn his head as much as he liked), but a wolf who was watching him out of the corner of his eye, and might spring upon him at any moment. Who acts: truth, ram, wolf. 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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 (truth, ram, wolf), 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:pg3454:12:35 # text = It was no ram that lay curled up in the corner pretending to be asleep (for in reality he could bend back and turn his head as much as he liked), but a wolf who was watching him out of the corner of his eye, and might spring upon him at any moment. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 curled curl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 15 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 16 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 bend bend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 23 back back ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 as as ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 out out ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 spring spring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 53 upon upon ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 55 at at ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 57 det _ _ 57 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | truth | no ram | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **curl up** | past · passive | | no ram | | the corner | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **pretend** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **bend back** | could | ram | | | | | for reality | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **turn** | infinitive | ram *not said here* | ram's head | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 7 | **like** | past | ram | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **watch** | past · progressive | a wolf | ram | | the corner of ram's eye | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **spring** | might | | | | | moment | upon ram | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Trajectory | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/36/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/)