--- title: There were toy dogs that ran for miles, toy lions and tigers that ro… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: There were toy dogs that ran for miles, toy lions and tigers that roared horribly, toy partridges that rose with a whirr just like live ones, toy pheasants that flew up slantwise into the air and toymen who walked about and talked just as if they had been real. 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A. Kincaid, The Eighth Key.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (toy dogs, tigers, toy partridges, toy pheasants), 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:pg76982:11:31 # text = There were toy dogs that ran for miles, toy lions and tigers that roared horribly, toy partridges that rose with a whirr just like live ones, toy pheasants that flew up slantwise into the air and toymen who walked about and talked just as if they had been real. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 tigers tiger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 roared roar VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 horribly horribly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 partridges partridge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 rose rose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 whirr whirr NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 just just ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 live live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 pheasants pheasant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 slantwise slantwise ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 toymen toymen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 about about ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 46 just just ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 cop _ _ 52 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | toy dogs and toy lions and tigers and toy partridges and toy pheasants | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **run** | past | toy dogs and toy lions and tigers and toy partridges and toy pheasants | | | | | for miles | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for mile=Beneficiary | | 3 | **roar** | past | tigers | | | | | horribly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **rose** | present | toy partridges | | | | | with a whirr; like live ones | tree rules | | 5 | **fly up** | past | toy pheasants | | | | | into the air and toymen *result*; slantwise *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into air=Result | | 6 | **walk** | past | toymen | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **talk** | past | toymen *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | dogs *= dog* | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | 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 of Sind and Guzarat» by C. 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