--- title: "Oh! it is the Evil One!" cried the parson, and both he and the man… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: "Oh! it is the Evil One!" cried the parson, and both he and the man hurried away; and, behold! the parson ran faster with his lame legs, through fear and terror, than the countryman could with his sound legs! Who acts: height, Evil One, parson. 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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 (height, Evil One, parson), 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:pg11027:12:117 # text = "Oh! it is the Evil One!" cried the parson, and both he and the man hurried away; and, behold! the parson ran faster with his lame legs, through fear and terror, than the countryman could with his sound legs! 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 One one NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 17 reparandum _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 behold behold INTJ UH _ 30 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ! ! PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 31 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 lame lame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 through through ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 than than SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 countryman countryman NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | height | the Evil One | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Evil One | the parson | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parson=Topic | | 3 | **hurry away** | past | parson | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **run** | past | the parson | | | | | with parson's lame legs; fast *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with leg=Material | 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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/116/) - next →: [The Valiant Little Tailor, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/1/) - ↑ back to [Catherine and Frederick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/12/)