--- title: They waited and they waited, but still he didn't come, till at last… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They waited and they waited, but still he didn't come, till at last he came rushing in, calling out, "Who's Tommy Tildrum?" in such a wild way that both his wife and his cat stared at him to know what was the matter. Who acts: Cats, prince, wife. 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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 (Cats, prince, wife), 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:pg14241:29:11 # text = They waited and they waited, but still he didn't come, till at last he came rushing in, calling out, "Who's Tommy Tildrum?" in such a wild way that both his wife and his cat stared at him to know what was the matter. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 still still ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 till till ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 xcomp _ _ 20 in in ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 Tommy Tommy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Tildrum Tildrum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ? ? PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 36 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 38 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 44 stared stare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 49 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 52 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | Cats *= cat* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wait** | past | Cats *= cat* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | prince | | | | still | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **rush in** | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **call out** *speech: ask* | gerund | Cats *= cat* *not said here* | | | such wild way | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | Tommy Tildrum | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **stare** | past | prince's wife and prince's cat | such wild way | | | | at prince | tree rules | | 9 | **know** | to-infinitive | prince's wife and prince's cat *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **is a** | past | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/12/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/)