--- title: The panther galloped away as if she was mad, and flung herself into… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The panther galloped away as if she was mad, and flung herself into the nearest lake, but every time she raised her head, the bees stung her afresh so at last the poor beast was drowned altogether. Who acts: panther, bees. 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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 (panther, bees), 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:pg5615:34:107 # text = The panther galloped away as if she was mad, and flung herself into the nearest lake, but every time she raised her head, the bees stung her afresh so at last the poor beast was drowned altogether. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 galloped gallop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 stung sting VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 afresh afresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 40 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gallop away** | past | the panther | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Panther | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fling** | past | the panther *not said here* | Panther | | the nearest lake | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme into lake=Destination | | 4 | **raise** | past | Panther | Panther's head | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 5 | **sting** | past | the bees | Panther | | | time | afresh *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 6 | **drown** | past · passive | the bees *not said here* | | | the last poor beast | | altogether *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP» | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/108/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)