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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 (son, thousand sweet voices), 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:pg7128:19:54 # text = He walked on bravely, looking neither to the right or left, till he reached the centre and plucked the tallest ear, but as he turned homewards a thousand sweet voices rose behind him, crying in tenderest accents, "Pluck me too! oh, please pluck me too!" 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 bravely bravely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 neither neither ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 till till SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 plucked pluck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 tallest tall ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 29 homewards homeward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 32 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 behind behind ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 tenderest tender ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 amod _ _ 41 accents accent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Pluck pluck VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 too too ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ 48 oh oh INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 please please INTJ UH _ 51 discourse _ _ 51 pluck pluck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 too too ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk on** | past | son | | | | | bravely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | gerund | son *not said here* | | | | | to the right; neither *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to right=Theme | | 3 | **reach** | past | son | the centre | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent centre=Theme | | 4 | **pluck** | past | son *not said here* | the tallest ear | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | | 5 | **turn** | past | son | homewards | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent homeward=Theme | | 6 | **rise** | past | a thousand sweet voices | | | | | behind son | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind he=Location | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | a thousand sweet voices *not said here* | | | tenderest accents | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in accent=Location | | 8 | **pluck** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a thousand sweet voices *= voice* | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 9 | **pluck** *in a quote* | infinitive | son *not said here* | a thousand sweet voices *= voice* | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/55/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)