--- title: ‘And at last I dreamt that I was walking over a bridge made of a wha… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘And at last I dreamt that I was walking over a bridge made of a whale’s back, and the living bridge spoke to me and said: “Here have I been stretched out these three years, and men and horses have trampled my back down into my ribs. Who acts: I, living bridge, men. 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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 (I, living bridge, men), 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:pg641:4:134 # text = ‘And at last I dreamt that I was walking over a bridge made of a whale’s back, and the living bridge spoke to me and said: “Here have I been stretched out these three years, and men and horses have trampled my back down into my ribs. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 dreamt dreamt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 19 back back ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 39 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 46 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 trampled trample VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 down down ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 51 into into ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 ribs rib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dreamt** | past | I | | | last | | | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | past · progressive | I | | | a bridge | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over bridge=Trajectory | | 3 | **make** | participle | | a bridge *not said here* | | | | of a whale | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the living bridge | | me | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to i=Co-Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **stretch out** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | | | | year | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V» | | 7 | **trample down** *in a quote* | present · perfect | men and horses | my back | | my ribs | | down *property* | tree rules | 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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/135/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/)