--- title: And the gazelle said to him, ‘You have climbed all sorts of trees, b… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the gazelle said to him, ‘You have climbed all sorts of trees, but this you can’t climb,’ and as the seventh head came darting through it went rolling to join the rest. Who acts: gazelle, You, this, seventh head. 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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 (gazelle, You, this, seventh head), 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:pg641:15:153 # text = And the gazelle said to him, ‘You have climbed all sorts of trees, but this you can’t climb,’ and as the seventh head came darting through it went rolling to join the rest. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 climbed climb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj:outer _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 21 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 darting dart VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 32 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 rolling roll VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 xcomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the gazelle | | snake | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **climb** | present · perfect | You | all sorts of trees | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location sort=Theme | | 3 | **not** **climb** | can | this | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | the seventh head | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **dart** | gerund | the seventh head *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | past | six | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **roll** | gerund | six *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **join** | to-infinitive | six *not said here* | the rest | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient | | 9 | **sort** | | | trees | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/152/) - next →: [sentence 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/154/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Gazelle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/)