--- title: The gazelle and its master remained in the house many weeks, and one… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The gazelle and its master remained in the house many weeks, and one day it said to the old woman, ‘I came with my master to this place, and I have done many things for my master, good things, and till to-day he has never asked me: “Well, my gazelle, how did you get this house? Who acts: gazelle, I, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/193/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [The Story of a Gazelle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/) / 193 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Story of a Gazelle, sentence 193 The gazelle and its master remained in the house many weeks, and one day it said to the old woman, ‘I came with my master to this place, and I have done many things for my master, good things, and till to-day he has never asked me: “Well, my gazelle, how did you get this house? **Who acts:** gazelle, I, sultan, you · **What happens:** remain, say, come, do, not ask, get · **To what, where:** gazelle, house, place, many things, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of a Gazelle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gazelle, I, sultan, you), 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:pg641:15:193 # text = The gazelle and its master remained in the house many weeks, and one day it said to the old woman, ‘I came with my master to this place, and I have done many things for my master, good things, and till to-day he has never asked me: “Well, my gazelle, how did you get this house? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 37 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 47 till till ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 55 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 : : PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 57 “ " PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Well well INTJ UH _ 61 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 60 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 66 advmod _ _ 64 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 conj _ _ 67 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 68 det _ _ 68 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | participle | | the gazelle and rich's master *not said here* | | the house | week | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the gazelle and rich's master | | | | day | to the old woman | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to woman=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** | past | I | | | this place | | with my master | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **do** | present · perfect | I | many things | | | | for my master and good things | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect | sultan | | me | | day | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | this house | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | 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 192](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/192/) - next →: [sentence 194](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/194/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Gazelle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/)