--- title: The Crow was somewhat alarmed at hearing this, and she thought that,… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Crow was somewhat alarmed at hearing this, and she thought that, on the whole, it would be safer to leave the roof altogether; so again picking up the Frog in her bill she flew off to the ground below, and alighted near the edge of a well. Who acts: Frog, it. 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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 (Frog, it), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:9:10 # text = The Crow was somewhat alarmed at hearing this, and she thought that, on the whole, it would be safer to leave the roof altogether; so again picking up the Frog in her bill she flew off to the ground below, and alighted near the edge of a well. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 at at SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 22 safer safe ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 parataxis _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 csubj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 picking pick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Frog Frog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 off off ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 below below ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 alighted alight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 48 near near ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **alarm** | past · passive | | the Crow | | | | somewhat *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **hear** | gerund | | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Frog | that | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 4 | **is** | would | it | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **leave** | to-infinitive | | the roof | | | | altogether *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Theme | | 6 | **pick up** | gerund | Frog *not said here* | the Frog | | Frog's bill | again | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Topic | | 7 | **fly off** | past | Frog | Frog's bill *not said here* | | the ground | | | vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bill=Theme to ground=Destination | | 8 | **alight** | participle | | | | the edge of a well | | | tree rules | | 9 | **bill** | | Frog | | | | | | nom bill «communication 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/9/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/9/11/) - ↑ back to [The Frog and the Crow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/9/)