--- title: And as he paced down the streets the elders mocked, but from school-… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And as he paced down the streets the elders mocked, but from school-room and play-room, from nursery and workshop, not a child but ran out with eager glee and shout following gaily at the Piper's call. Who acts: townsfolk, elders, Piper. 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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 (townsfolk, elders, Piper), 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:pg14241:15:55 # text = And as he paced down the streets the elders mocked, but from school-room and play-room, from nursery and workshop, not a child but ran out with eager glee and shout following gaily at the Piper's call. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 paced pace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 mocked mock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 advcl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 nursery nursery NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 workshop workshop NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 glee glee NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 shout shout VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 38 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 obj _ _ 39 gaily gaily ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Piper Piper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pace down** | past | townsfolk | the streets | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location street=Theme | | 2 | **mock** | past | the elders | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **run out** | past | the elders *not said here* | | | | | with eager glee | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with glee=Material | | 4 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | the elders *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | | | | the Piper's call | | gaily *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at call=Location | | 6 | **call** | | the Piper | | | | | | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=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:** «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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/15/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/15/56/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/15/)