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title: At such a great distance apart, they had never even heard of each ot… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: At such a great distance apart, they had never even heard of each other; but, funnily enough, the idea came into both their heads at once that they should like to see a little of the world, and the frog who lived at Kioto wanted to visit Osaka, and the frog who lived at Osaka wished to go to Kioto, 
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# The Violet Fairy Book, The Two Frogs, sentence 2

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At such a great distance apart, they had never even heard of each other; but, funnily enough, the idea came into both their heads at once that they should like to see a little of the world, and the frog who lived at Kioto wanted to visit Osaka, and the frog who lived at Osaka wished to go to Kioto, where the great Mikado had his palace.

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**Who acts:** frogs, idea, frog, great Mikado · **What happens:** not hear, come, like, see, live, want · **To what, where:** heads, little, Kioto, Osaka, palace

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This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Two Frogs. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (frogs, idea, frog, great Mikado), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg641:14:2
# text = At such a great distance apart, they had never even heard of each other; but, funnily enough, the idea came into both their heads at once that they should like to see a little of the world, and the frog who lived at Kioto wanted to visit Osaka, and the frog who lived at Osaka wished to go to Kioto, where the great Mikado had his palace.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
6	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	12	obl	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
17	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
19	funnily	funnily	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
20	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
25	into	into	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	both	both	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	28	det:predet	_	_
27	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
29	at	at	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	24	obl	_	_
31	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
32	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	advcl	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	obj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
46	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj	_	_
47	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	acl:relcl	_	_
48	at	at	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	Kioto	Kioto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
50	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	xcomp	_	_
53	Osaka	Osaka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nsubj	_	_
58	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	59	nsubj	_	_
59	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	acl:relcl	_	_
60	at	at	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	Osaka	Osaka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
62	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
63	to	to	PART	TO	_	64	mark	_	_
64	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	62	xcomp	_	_
65	to	to	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	Kioto	Kioto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
68	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	72	advmod	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
70	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	Mikado	Mikado	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	72	nsubj	_	_
72	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	advcl	_	_
73	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	74	nmod:poss	_	_
74	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | past · perfect | frogs *= frog* |  |  |  |  | at such great distance; of each | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of each=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | past | the idea |  |  | frogs's heads |  | funnily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into head=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **like** | should | frogs *= frog* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | frogs *= frog* *not said here* | a little |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer little=Stimulus |
| 5 | **live** | past | the frog |  |  | Kioto |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at kioto=Location |
| 6 | **want** | past | the frog |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 7 | **visit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the frog *not said here* | Osaka |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent osaka=Co-Agent |
| 8 | **live** | past | the frog |  |  | Osaka |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at osaka=Location |
| 9 | **wish** | past | the frog |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 10 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the frog *not said here* |  |  | Kioto |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to kioto=Initial\_Location |
| 11 | **have** | past | the great Mikado | Osaka's palace |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Patient |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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