--- title: Round the field ran a high wall, so that run as he might, he couldn'… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Round the field ran a high wall, so that run as he might, he couldn't get out, and mightily diverted were beggar and lady to see him twist and double. Who acts: man. 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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 (man), 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:pg7885:20:65 # text = Round the field ran a high wall, so that run as he might, he couldn't get out, and mightily diverted were beggar and lady to see him twist and double. 1 Round round ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 that that ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 18 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 20 out out ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 mightily mightily ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 diverted divert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 twist twist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 double double VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | | a high wall | | the field | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent wall=Theme round field=Trajectory | | 2 | **run** | present | | | | | | that *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **get out** | could | man | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **divert** | participle | | | | | | mightily *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | past | | diverted beggar and lady | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | | man | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **twist** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **double** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/66/) - ↑ back to [The Story-teller At Fault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/)