--- title: Being something of a swimmer, he at last made up his mind to kick th… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Being something of a swimmer, he at last made up his mind to kick the bottom out of the barrel, and having done so he was able to get on shore, for the rocks by the sea were smooth and level; but overhead there were high cliffs. Who acts: Prince, rocks. 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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, rocks), 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:pg640:42:20 # text = Being something of a swimmer, he at last made up his mind to kick the bottom out of the barrel, and having done so he was able to get on shore, for the rocks by the sea were smooth and level; but overhead there were high cliffs. 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 cop _ _ 2 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 swimmer swimmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 kick kick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 barrel barrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 aux _ _ 25 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 overhead overhead ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 49 expl _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | gerund | | something | | | | of a swimmer | tree rules | | 2 | **make up** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **kick** | to-infinitive | | the bottom | | the barrel | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bottom=Patient out barrel=Location | | 4 | **do** | gerund · perfect | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **get** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | shore | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on shore=Source | | 7 | **is** | past | the rocks by the sea | | | | | smooth *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | past | | high cliffs | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **mind** | | Prince | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/21/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)