--- title: And he was in such haste to get away from the Quicks, and Bogles, an… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And he was in such haste to get away from the Quicks, and Bogles, and Things that dwelt there, that he scarce looked at the brave light that came from the beautiful shining yellow hair, streaming out over the black cloak and falling to the water at his feet. Who acts: thing, Things, brave light. 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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 (thing, Things, brave light), 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:pg14241:24:74 # text = And he was in such haste to get away from the Quicks, and Bogles, and Things that dwelt there, that he scarce looked at the brave light that came from the beautiful shining yellow hair, streaming out over the black cloak and falling to the water at his feet. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Quicks Quick PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 Bogles Bogle PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 Things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 scarce scarce NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 amod _ _ 37 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 streaming stream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | thing | | | such haste and Things | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get away** | to-infinitive | | | | | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dwell** | past | Things | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **look** | past | thing | | | | | at the brave light | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at light=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | the brave light | | | the beautiful shining yellow hair | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hair=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stream out** | gerund | thing *not said here* | | | the black cloak | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over cloak=Location | | 8 | **fall** | gerund | thing *not said here* | | | thing's feet | | to the water | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/75/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/)