--- title: “No,” replied the Crab, “because it is as natural for me to crawl as… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “No,” replied the Crab, “because it is as natural for me to crawl as it is for you to run; and I can cover the ground very quickly, too, when it is necessary.” Who acts: Crab, it, ground, you. 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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 (Crab, it, ground, you), 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:pg65965:5:100 # text = “No,” replied the Crab, “because it is as natural for me to crawl as it is for you to run; and I can cover the ground very quickly, too, when it is necessary.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Crab Crab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 because because SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 crawl crawl VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 csubj _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 run run VERB VB Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 too too ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 when when SCONJ WRB _ 41 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 expl _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Crab | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | natural *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **crawl** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Crab *= crab* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | ground | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **run** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cover** *in a quote* | can | the Crab *= crab* | the ground | | | | quickly *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ground=Destination | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Crab *= crab* *not said here* | | | | | necessary *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 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/100/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/5/)