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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 (hare, plenty, nuts, parrot), 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:pg70959:16:10 # text = Now the palm-tree where the parrot was overhung the river, and the hare, thinking he would pay the parrot out for refusing to bring him, made a hole in the bottom of the bag so that the nuts dropped through into the water as fast as the parrot put them into the bag. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 overhung overhang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 31 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 so so SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 45 through through ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 as as ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 55 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 into into ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overhang** | past · passive | | the palm tree | | | now | the parrot *nsubj:pass*; the river *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **pay out** | would | plenty | the parrot | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Asset | | 4 | **refuse** | gerund | plenty *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **bring** | to-infinitive | plenty *not said here* | | plenty | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 6 | **make** | past | the hare | a hole | | the bottom of the bag | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Product | | 7 | **drop** | past | the nuts | | | the water | | fast, through *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into water=Trajectory | | 8 | **put** | past | the parrot | nuts *= nut* | | the bag | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | 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:** «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Project Gutenberg book 70959 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/11/) - ↑ back to [Xxii.--a Story of the Great Famine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/16/)