--- title: He fell on his knees beside the body, and, taking out the salve, he… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He fell on his knees beside the body, and, taking out the salve, he rubbed it over the neck where the wound was gaping wide, and the skin healed and the sinews grew strong, and the dead man sat up and looked round him. Who acts: brother, wound, skin, sinews. 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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 (brother, wound, skin, sinews), 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:pg5615:23:120 # text = He fell on his knees beside the body, and, taking out the salve, he rubbed it over the neck where the wound was gaping wide, and the skin healed and the sinews grew strong, and the dead man sat up and looked round him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 beside beside ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 salve salve NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 gaping gape VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 wide wide ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 healed heal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sinews sinew NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 38 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 48 round round ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | brother | | | brother's knees | | beside the body | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | | 2 | **take out** | gerund | brother *not said here* | the salve | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salve=Theme | | 3 | **rub** | past | brother | salve | | the neck | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over neck=Destination | | 4 | **gape** | past · progressive | the wound | | | | | wide *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **heal** | past | the skin | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **grow** | past | the sinews | | | | | strong *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sit up** | past | the dead man | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **look** | past | the dead man *not said here* | | | | | round man | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent round he=Theme | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/121/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/)