--- title: So at last he had maimed them all, and they all went crying and wail… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So at last he had maimed them all, and they all went crying and wailing off, and forgot the ball, but he took it from under the bed, and went to seek his true-love. Who acts: lad, bogles. 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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 (lad, bogles), 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:pg14241:16:18 # text = So at last he had maimed them all, and they all went crying and wailing off, and forgot the ball, but he took it from under the bed, and went to seek his true-love. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 maimed maim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 advmod _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 xcomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 wailing wail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 conj _ _ 17 off off ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 under under ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 38 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **maim** | past · perfect | lad | bogles *= bogle* | | last | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **go** | past | bogles *= bogle* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | bogles *= bogle* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wail off** | gerund | bogles *= bogle* *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **forget** | past | bogles *= bogle* *not said here* | the ball | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | past | lad | ball | | the bed | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from bed=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **go** | past | lad *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **seek** | to-infinitive | lad *not said here* | lad's true love | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme | | 9 | **love** | | lad | | | | | | nom love «feeling 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/19/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/16/)