--- title: With the first ray of dawn they got up and went into the forest, and… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: With the first ray of dawn they got up and went into the forest, and on the fifth day, as they were resting near a stream, the gazelle gave its master a sound beating, and then bade him stay where he was till it returned. Who acts: Gazelles, gazelle, sultan. 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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 (Gazelles, gazelle, sultan), 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:pg641:15:59 # text = With the first ray of dawn they got up and went into the forest, and on the fifth day, as they were resting near a stream, the gazelle gave its master a sound beating, and then bade him stay where he was till it returned. 1 With with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 ray ray NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 up up ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 fifth fifth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 resting rest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 acl _ _ 26 near near ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 33 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 beating beating NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 41 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 till till SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | Gazelles *= gazelle* | | | | | with the first ray of dawn | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **go** | past | Gazelles *= gazelle* *not said here* | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **rest** | past · progressive | Gazelles *= gazelle* | the fifth day *not said here* | | a stream | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent day=Theme near stream=Location | | 4 | **give** | past | the gazelle | stream's master | | | day | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent master=Recipient beating=Theme | | 5 | **bade** | past | the gazelle *not said here* | sultan | | | then | | tree rules | | 6 | **stay** | infinitive | the gazelle *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | sultan | | | | | return *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **ray** | | | dawn | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/60/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Gazelle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/)