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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 (Buffalo, Bulls, great mass), 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:pg66596:7:125 # text = He ran fast, and for a long time he kept ahead of the Buffalo, but they followed, a great mass of Buffalo crowding and pushing, running as hard as they could run. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Buffalo Buffalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Buffalo Buffalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 crowding crowd VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 pushing push VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 conj _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | Buffalo | | | | | a great mass of Buffalo *parataxis*; fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | past | Buffalo | | | | time | of the Buffalo; ahead *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **follow** | past | Bulls *= bull* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **crowd** | gerund | a great mass of Buffalo *not said here* | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **push** | gerund | a great mass of Buffalo *not said here* | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **run** | gerund | a great mass of Buffalo *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **run** | could | Bulls *= bull* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/126/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Was the Ring \[1\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/7/)