--- title: The rest of us could easily look after ourselves, for the crow would… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The rest of us could easily look after ourselves, for the crow would fly into the air, the weasel could hide in any hole, and I should seek safety in flight; but you, who move so slowly, would be at the mercy of the hunter.” Who acts: rest, crow, weasel, I. 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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 (rest, crow, weasel, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:22:2 # text = The rest of us could easily look after ourselves, for the crow would fly into the air, the weasel could hide in any hole, and I should seek safety in flight; but you, who move so slowly, would be at the mercy of the hunter.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 easily easily ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 weasel weasel NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 32 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | could | the rest of us | | | | after ourselves | easily *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **fly** | would | the crow | | | | | into the air *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into air=Result | | 3 | **hide** | could | the weasel | | | any hole | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hole=Location | | 4 | **seek** | should | I | safety | | flight | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent safety=Theme in flight=Location | | 5 | **move** | present | you | | | | | who *nsubj*; slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | would | | | | the mercy | | of the hunter | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/)