--- title: She didn't wait to pick it up, you may be sure, but off she ran home… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She didn't wait to pick it up, you may be sure, but off she ran home, as fast as she could go, on with the rushen coatie, and the calf had all things ready. Who acts: Rushen, you, calf. 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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 (Rushen, you, calf), 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:pg14241:28:116 # text = She didn't wait to pick it up, you may be sure, but off she ran home, as fast as she could go, on with the rushen coatie, and the calf had all things ready. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 16 off off ADP IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 19 home home ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 rushen rushen NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 coatie coatie NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wait** | past · do-support | Rushen | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pick up** | to-infinitive | Rushen *not said here* | guard | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 3 | **is** | may | you | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **run** | past | Rushen | | | | | fast, home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** | could | Rushen | | | the rushen coatie | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on coatie=Location | | 6 | **have** | past | the calf | all things | | | | ready *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/117/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/)