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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 (you, miracles, I, voice), 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:pg7277:39:18 # text = So you may guess how astonished they were one day, when having at last been successful after their long and weary chase, they cried aloud at the same instant: ‘At last I have saved my beloved,’ and then recognising each other’s voice looked up, and rushed to meet one another with the wildest joy. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 astonished astonish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 13 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 17 successful successful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 obl _ _ 18 after after ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 20 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 23 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 27 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 At at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 45 recognising recognise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 46 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 47 det _ _ 47 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 51 up up ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 obj _ _ 58 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 57 fixed _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 wildest wild ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 62 amod _ _ 62 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | may | you | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **astonish** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | miracles *= miracle* | one day | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | participle | | | | | after miracles's long chase | successful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | miracles *= miracle* | | | the same instant | | aloud *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at instant=Location | | 7 | **save** | present · perfect | I | | | | | beloved *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **recognise** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **look up** | past | each other's voice | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **rush** | past | | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | | 11 | **meet** | to-infinitive | | one | | | | with the wildest joy | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent one=Theme with joy=Instrument | | 12 | **chase** | | miracles *= miracle* | | | | | | nom chase «act transitive»: poss=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:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/19/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/39/)