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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 (companion, pressure), 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:pg66596:17:56 # text = After swimming a few strokes, he felt the pressure of the water suddenly give way, and, opening his eyes, found that he was in a great circular lodge. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 strokes stroke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 circular circular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | gerund | companion *not said here* | a few strokes | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stroke=Trajectory | | 2 | **feel** | past | companion | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **give** | infinitive | the pressure of the water | way | | | | suddenly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 4 | **open** | gerund | companion *not said here* | companion's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past | companion *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | companion | | | a great circular lodge | | | tree rules | | 7 | **press** | | | the water | | | | | nom pressure «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, Project Gutenberg book 66596 (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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/57/) - ↑ back to [The Beaver Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/17/)