--- title: There was nothing very strange in this, as all dogs are fond of scra… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There was nothing very strange in this, as all dogs are fond of scratching, and he went on quietly with his digging, when the dog ran up to his master, barking loudly, and back again to the place where he had been scratching. Who acts: nothing, dogs, animal, dog. 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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 (nothing, dogs, animal, dog), 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:pg641:18:5 # text = There was nothing very strange in this, as all dogs are fond of scratching, and he went on quietly with his digging, when the dog ran up to his master, barking loudly, and back again to the place where he had been scratching. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 scratching scratching NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 20 on on ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 digging digging NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 barking bark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 36 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 again again ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 44 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 48 advmod _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 aux _ _ 48 scratching scratch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | all dogs | | | | | of scratching; fond *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go on** | past | animal | | | | | with animal's digging; quietly *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **run up** | past | the dog | | | | | to animal's master *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to master=Result | | 5 | **bark** | gerund | the dog *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **scratch** | past · perfect · progressive | animal | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **dig** | | animal | | | | | | nom digging «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/6/) - ↑ back to [The Envious Neighbour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/)