--- title: But, as sometimes happens, the turtle was allowed to go scot-free, a… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But, as sometimes happens, the turtle was allowed to go scot-free, and had his shell given back to him, and all the punishment fell on the poor jelly-fish, who was condemned by the queen to go shieldless for ever after. Who acts: turtle, punishment, queen. 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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 (turtle, punishment, queen), 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:pg641:32:42 # text = But, as sometimes happens, the turtle was allowed to go scot-free, and had his shell given back to him, and all the punishment fell on the poor jelly-fish, who was condemned by the queen to go shieldless for ever after. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 5 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 scot scot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 33 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 34 jelly jelly NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 condemned condemn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 46 shieldless shieldless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 49 advmod _ _ 49 after after ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | sometimes *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **allow** | past · passive | | the turtle | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the turtle *not said here* | | | | | free *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give back** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fall** | past | all punishment | | | | | on the poor jelly fish | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on fish=Location | | 6 | **condemn** | past · passive | the queen | the poor jelly fish | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | | | | | after, shieldless *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/32/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/32/43/) - ↑ back to [The Monkey and the Jelly-fish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/32/)