--- title: ‘You thief!’ shrieked Moti, and ran up and, just as the tiger, in as… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘You thief!’ shrieked Moti, and ran up and, just as the tiger, in astonishment, dropped a bone--whack! came Moti’s staff on his head with such good will that the beast was half stunned and could hardly breathe or see. Who acts: You, thief. 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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 (You, thief), 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:pg3454:15:90 # text = ‘You thief!’ shrieked Moti, and ran up and, just as the tiger, in astonishment, dropped a bone--whack! came Moti’s staff on his head with such good will that the beast was half stunned and could hardly breathe or see. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 shrieked shriek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 whack whack NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ! ! PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 iobj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 with with SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 43 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 44 advmod _ _ 44 stunned stun VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thief** | | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shriek** | past | thief | Moti | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location moti=Theme | | 3 | **run up** | past | thief *not said here* | | | astonishment | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in astonishment=Trajectory | | 4 | **drop** | past | | a bone and whack | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | | | Moti's staff | Moti's head | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location staff=Theme | | 6 | **stun** | past · passive | | the beast | | | | half *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **breathe** | could | | | | | | hardly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/91/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/)