--- title: Her knees were trembling under her, but she ran as fast as she could… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Her knees were trembling under her, but she ran as fast as she could to the cross roads, where she drove her stick into the ground, murmuring as she did so a verse her mother had taught her: Who acts: knees, Bellah. 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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 (knees, Bellah), 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:pg3454:34:53 # text = Her knees were trembling under her, but she ran as fast as she could to the cross roads, where she drove her stick into the ground, murmuring as she did so a verse her mother had taught her: 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 trembling tremble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 under under ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 murmuring murmur VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 verse verse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tremble** | past · progressive | Bellah's knees | | | | | under Bellah | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under she=Location | | 2 | **run** | past | Bellah | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **drive** | past | Bellah | Bellah's stick | | the ground | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stick=Theme into ground=Trajectory | | 4 | **murmur** *speech: other* | gerund | Bellah *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** | past | Bellah | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | a verse | Bellah | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Topic | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/54/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/)