--- title: So just as the swift flight of the wild ducks had brought him over t… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So just as the swift flight of the wild ducks had brought him over the king's palace in the city of Benares, he let go of the stick he was biting, and falling in the open courtyard, split in two! Who acts: Tortoise. 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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 (Tortoise), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7128:17:63 # text = So just as the swift flight of the wild ducks had brought him over the king's palace in the city of Benares, he let go of the stick he was biting, and falling in the open courtyard, split in two! 1 So so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 swift swift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 over over ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Benares Benares PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 biting bite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 split split VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the swift flight of the wild ducks | | the king's palace in the city of Benares | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme he=Destination | | 2 | **let** | past | Tortoise | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | Tortoise *not said here* | | | | | of the stick | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of stick=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **bite** | past · progressive | Tortoise | the stick *not said here* | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient | | 5 | **fall** | gerund | Tortoise *not said here* | | | the open courtyard | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in courtyard=Location | | 6 | **split** | participle | Tortoise *not said here* | | | two | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/64/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/)