--- title: When he arrived on the beach, he said to the dog: ‘You are an excell… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he arrived on the beach, he said to the dog: ‘You are an excellent swimmer, and you, little one, are very light; jump on the dog’s back and he will take you to the palace. Who acts: cat, You. 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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 (cat, You), 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:pg7277:8:70 # text = When he arrived on the beach, he said to the dog: ‘You are an excellent swimmer, and you, little one, are very light; jump on the dog’s back and he will take you to the palace. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 swimmer swimmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 31 jump jump VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | cat | | | the beach | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | cat | | the dog | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to dog=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | present | You | a excellent swimmer | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | you | | | | | light *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **jump** | infinitive | | | | the dog's back | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory | | 6 | **take** | future | cat | you | | the palace | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to palace=Destination | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/71/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)