--- title: Still, with all his practice he shot very badly, he was so fat and h… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Still, with all his practice he shot very badly, he was so fat and heavy, and as he grew daily fatter, he was at last obliged to give up walking, and be dragged about in a wheel-chair, and the people made fun of him, and gave him the name of my Lord Tubby. Who acts: King, people. 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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 (King, people), 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:pg540:40:4 # text = Still, with all his practice he shot very badly, he was so fat and heavy, and as he grew daily fatter, he was at last obliged to give up walking, and be dragged about in a wheel-chair, and the people made fun of him, and gave him the name of my Lord Tubby. 1 Still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 daily daily ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 fatter fat ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 28 at at SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 walking walking NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 dragged drag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 39 about about ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 49 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 50 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 iobj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 62 Tubby Tubby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | past | King | | | | still | with King's practice; badly *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with practice=Instrument | | 2 | **is** | past | King | | | | | fat *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | King *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **grow** | past | King | | | | | daily, fat *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **oblige** | past · passive | | King | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 6 | **give up** | to-infinitive | | walking | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walking=Source | | 7 | **drag** | infinitive · passive | King *not said here* | | | | | about a wheel chair | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: about chair=Location | | 8 | **make** | past | the people | fun of King | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Product | | 9 | **give** | past | King *not said here* | the name of my Lord | King | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient name=Theme | | 10 | **practice** | | King | | | | | | nom practice «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **name** | | | my Lord | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/5/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Canary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/)