--- title: But one day when he was out hunting he felt very thirsty, and coming… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But one day when he was out hunting he felt very thirsty, and coming to a stream he stooped down to drink from it, and this caused his death, for a crab came swimming up, and with its claws tore out his tongue. Who acts: Prince, this. 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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 (Prince, this), 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:pg640:38:40 # text = But one day when he was out hunting he felt very thirsty, and coming to a stream he stooped down to drink from it, and this caused his death, for a crab came swimming up, and with its claws tore out his tongue. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 stooped stoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 down down ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 29 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 swimming swim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 xcomp _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 44 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 45 out out ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | past · progressive | Prince | | | | day | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **feel** | past | Prince | | | | | thirsty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | a stream | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to stream=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **stoop** | past | Prince | a stream *not said here* | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stream=Theme | | 5 | **drink** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | stream | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from it=Source | | 6 | **cause** | past | this | Prince's death | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient | | 7 | **come** | past | this *not said here* | | | | | for a crab | tree rules | | 8 | **swim up** | gerund | this *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **tore out** | past | this *not said here* | Prince's tongue | | | | with crab's claws | tree rules | | 10 | **die** | | Prince | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/41/) - ↑ back to [The Death of the Sun-hero (27)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/)