--- title: "Now's our time," said Jan, and he pushed the door off the branches,… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Now's our time," said Jan, and he pushed the door off the branches, and it fell right in the very middle of the table, and frightened the robbers so that they all ran away. Who acts: Jan, gentleman, bag, door. 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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 (Jan, gentleman, bag, door), 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:pg14241:15:124 # text = "Now's our time," said Jan, and he pushed the door off the branches, and it fell right in the very middle of the table, and frightened the robbers so that they all ran away. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Jan January PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 off off ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 right right ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 40 mark _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 40 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | our time | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **push** | past | gentleman | the door | | the branches | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent door=Theme off branch=Trajectory | | 4 | **fall** | past | bag | | | the middle of the table | | right *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in middle=Location | | 5 | **frighten** | past | | the robbers | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus robber=Experiencer | | 6 | **run away** | past | door | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/15/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/15/125/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/15/)