--- title: In the morning he ran to the nearest stream to wash himself, but to… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the morning he ran to the nearest stream to wash himself, but to his horror, when he caught sight of his face, he saw his nose had grown the colour of an apple, and reached nearly to his waist. Who acts: mind. 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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 (mind), 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:pg2435:12:9 # text = In the morning he ran to the nearest stream to wash himself, but to his horror, when he caught sight of his face, he saw his nose had grown the colour of an apple, and reached nearly to his waist. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 9 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 22 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | mind | | | | morning | to the nearest stream *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to stream=Result | | 2 | **wash** | to-infinitive | mind *not said here* | mind | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 3 | **catch** | past | mind | sight of mind's face | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | mind | | | | | to mind's horror | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **grow** | past · perfect · passive | | mind's nose | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary colour=Product | | 6 | **reach** | past | mind *not said here* | mind's waist | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent waist=Theme | | 7 | **sight** | | | mind's face | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/10/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)