--- title: They tugged his fur with their hands, put their small feet on his ba… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They tugged his fur with their hands, put their small feet on his back, and rolled him about here and there, or took a hazel wand and beat him with it; and if he growled they only laughed. Who acts: children, beast. 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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 (children, beast), 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:pg503:36:28 # text = They tugged his fur with their hands, put their small feet on his back, and rolled him about here and there, or took a hazel wand and beat him with it; and if he growled they only laughed. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tugged tug VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 hazel hazel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 growled growl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 only only ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tug** | past | children *= child* | beast's fur | | | | with children's hands | vn touch-20 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fur=Experiencer with hand=Instrument | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | children's small feet | | beast's back | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme on back=Destination | | 3 | **roll** | past | | beast | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme about here=Trajectory | | 4 | **take** | past | | a hazel wand | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Theme | | 5 | **beat** | infinitive | | beast | | | | with wand | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with it=Instrument | | 6 | **growl** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | beast | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **laugh** | past | children *= child* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/29/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/)