--- title: So he got up again, and made his way round through the wood, pushing… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he got up again, and made his way round through the wood, pushing by trees, scrambling over rocks, wading through streams, till at last he was on flat ground again, close to the mouth of the cavern. Who acts: rock. 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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 (rock), 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:pg3454:9:97 # text = So he got up again, and made his way round through the wood, pushing by trees, scrambling over rocks, wading through streams, till at last he was on flat ground again, close to the mouth of the cavern. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 round round ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 scrambling scramble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 over over ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 wading wade VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 25 through through ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 streams stream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 till till ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 cavern cavern NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | rock | | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **make** | past | rock *not said here* | rock's way | | the wood | | round *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | | 3 | **push** | gerund | rock *not said here* | | | | | by trees | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent by tree=Trajectory | | 4 | **scramble** | gerund | rock *not said here* | | | rocks | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over rock=Trajectory | | 5 | **wade** | gerund | rock *not said here* | | | streams | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through stream=Trajectory | | 6 | **is** | past | rock | | | flat ground | till last; again | | 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 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/98/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/)