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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 (friend, haste, others, husband), 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:pg5615:34:124 # text = Our friend looked on this as a great piece of luck, and made haste to kill her before the others returned, and to take out her liver, after which he dressed himself in her skin as well as he could. 1 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 before before SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 liver liver NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Our friend | | | | | as a great piece of luck; on this | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on this=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | Our friend *not said here* | haste | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **kill** | to-infinitive | haste *not said here* | friend | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **return** | past | the others | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take out** | to-infinitive | | friend's liver | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liver=Theme | | 6 | **dress** | past | husband | husband | | friend's skin | | well *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/125/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)