--- title: ‘Alas!’ replied the gazelle, ‘he is lying in the forest, for on our… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Alas!’ replied the gazelle, ‘he is lying in the forest, for on our way here we were met by robbers, who, after beating and robbing him, took away all his clothes. Who acts: sultan, robbers. 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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 (sultan, robbers), 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:pg641:15:64 # text = ‘Alas!’ replied the gazelle, ‘he is lying in the forest, for on our way here we were met by robbers, who, after beating and robbing him, took away all his clothes. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 22 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 after after SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 beating beat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 robbing rob VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | the gazelle | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent gazelle=Topic | | 2 | **lie** | present · progressive | sultan | | | the forest | | for our way | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location | | 3 | **meet** | past · passive | robbers | we | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Co-Agent | | 4 | **beat** | gerund | robbers | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 5 | **rob** | gerund | robbers *not said here* | sultan | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Source | | 6 | **take away** | past | | sultan's clothes | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=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 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/65/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Gazelle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/)