--- title: The Crow did not quite like this, and thinking it as well to be on t… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Crow did not quite like this, and thinking it as well to be on the safe side she hopped off to another corner of the roof near to where a gutter led away the rain water by means of a small hole in the parapet and a wooden spout. Who acts: Crow, Frog, gutter, thinking. 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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 (Crow, Frog, gutter, thinking), 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:pg75000:9:6 # text = The Crow did not quite like this, and thinking it as well to be on the safe side she hopped off to another corner of the roof near to where a gutter led away the rain water by means of a small hole in the parapet and a wooden spout. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 10 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 csubj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 10 advmod _ _ 13 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 fixed _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 hopped hop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 off off ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 near near ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 gutter gutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 34 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 parapet parapet NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 spout spout NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the Crow | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | death | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | the safe side | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hop off** | past | Frog | the safe side *not said here* | | | | to another corner of the roof | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme side=Trajectory | | 5 | **lead away** | participle | a gutter *not said here* | the rain water | | | | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 6 | **mean** | present | thinking | | | | | of a small hole in the parapet and a wooden spout | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/9/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/9/7/) - ↑ back to [The Frog and the Crow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/9/)