--- title: No sooner has he flung the head in the well, than up springs one of… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: No sooner has he flung the head in the well, than up springs one of the finest young gentlemen you would wish to see; and instead of the old house and the frightful-looking place, it was changed into a beautiful hall and grounds. Who acts: man, you. 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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 (man, you), 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:pg14241:27:41 # text = No sooner has he flung the head in the well, than up springs one of the finest young gentlemen you would wish to see; and instead of the old house and the frightful-looking place, it was changed into a beautiful hall and grounds. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 up up ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 springs spring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 19 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 28 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 32 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 frightful frightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 amod _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 grounds grounds NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fling** | past | man | the head | | the well | spring | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent head=Theme in well=Destination | | 3 | **wish** | would | you | the finest young gentlemen *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **change** | past · passive | | head | | | | into a beautiful hall and grounds *result*; instead the old house and the looking place | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into hall=Result | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/42/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/)