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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 (hawker, own breakfast), 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:pg7128:22:1 # text = So one day the hawker stopped in a village; and whilst he was getting his own breakfast cooked, he dressed the ass in a lion's skin, and turned him loose in a barley-field. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hawker hawker NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 cooked cook VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | the hawker | | | a village | day | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location | | 2 | **get** | past · progressive | hawker | hawker's own breakfast | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cook** | participle | hawker's own breakfast *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **dress** | past | hawker | the ass | | a lion's skin | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ass=Patient | | 5 | **turn** | past | the hawker *not said here* | hawker | | | | in a barley field; loose *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Patient in field=Topic | 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: [Demon With Matted Hair " 196…, 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/112/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/2/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)