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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 (spider, chief, father), 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:pg70959:6:49 # text = After walking a short distance outside the town, the spider was so hungry that he stopped and killed the dog his father-in-law had given, and very soon had eaten the whole of it. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 outside outside ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | gerund | the spider *not said here* | a short distance | | the town | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent distance=Theme outside town=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** | past | the spider | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** | past | chief | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **kill** | past | chief *not said here* | the dog | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past · perfect | chief's father in law | the dog *not said here* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 6 | **eat** | past · perfect | the spider *not said here* | | | | | soon, whole *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/50/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)