--- title: One day an old man went to a stream to dip in a crust of bread which… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day an old man went to a stream to dip in a crust of bread which he was going to eat, when a dog came out of the water, snatched the bread from his hand, and ran away. Who acts: old man, crust, dog. 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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 (old man, crust, dog), 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:pg640:7:69 # text = One day an old man went to a stream to dip in a crust of bread which he was going to eat, when a dog came out of the water, snatched the bread from his hand, and ran away. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 dip dip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 crust crust NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 when when SCONJ WRB _ 27 mark _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 28 out out ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 snatched snatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 42 away away ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | a old man | | | a stream | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to stream=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **dip** | to-infinitive | a old man *not said here* | | | | | in a crust of bread | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in crust=Attribute | | 3 | **go** | past · progressive | a crust of bread | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **eat** | to-infinitive | a crust of bread *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come out** | past | a dog | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **snatch** | past | a dog *not said here* | the bread | | dog's hand | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bread=Theme from hand=Source | | 7 | **run away** | past | a old man *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/70/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Crab(5)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/)