--- title: One morning, while he was sitting on a rock having his breakfast, a… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One morning, while he was sitting on a rock having his breakfast, a large scorpion dropped down at his feet, and he took a stone and killed it, fearing it would sting him. Who acts: Hassebu, rock, stone. 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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 (Hassebu, rock, stone), 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:pg641:30:36 # text = One morning, while he was sitting on a rock having his breakfast, a large scorpion dropped down at his feet, and he took a stone and killed it, fearing it would sting him. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 scorpion scorpion NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 18 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 down down ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 advcl _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 sting sting VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | Hassebu | One morning *not said here* | | a rock and a large scorpion | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent morning=Theme on rock=Location | | 2 | **have** | gerund | a rock and a large scorpion *not said here* | Hassebu's breakfast | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Patient | | 3 | **drop down** | participle | | a large scorpion *not said here* | | Hassebu's feet | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at foot=Trajectory | | 4 | **take** | past | Hassebu | a stone | | | morning | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | past | Hassebu *not said here* | stone | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **fear** | gerund | Hassebu *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **sting** | would | stone | Hassebu | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/30/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/30/37/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Hassebu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/30/)