--- title: However, all went well—he neither saw nor heard anything alarming; t… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, all went well—he neither saw nor heard anything alarming; the only thing that happened was that the great iron-barred door shut with a crash as soon as he was fairly outside it, and then he remembered that he had left the magic root behind him, so he could not go back for another load of tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/40/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/) / 40 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 40 However, all went well—he neither saw nor heard anything alarming; the only thing that happened was that the great iron-barred door shut with a crash as soon as he was fairly outside it, and then he remembered that he had left the magic root behind him, so he could not go back for another load of treasure. **Who acts:** Peter, only thing · **What happens:** go, see, hear, happen, bar, be · **To what, where:** anything, magic root This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, only thing), 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:pg2435:17:40 # text = However, all went well—he neither saw nor heard anything alarming; the only thing that happened was that the great iron-barred door shut with a crash as soon as he was fairly outside it, and then he remembered that he had left the magic root behind him, so he could not go back for another load of treasure. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 — - PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 neither neither ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 11 cc _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 obj _ _ 13 alarming alarming ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 24 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 barred bar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 amod _ _ 27 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 crash crash NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 as as ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 outside outside ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 behind behind ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 so so ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 59 advmod _ _ 59 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 60 back back ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 63 det _ _ 63 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | | | | | however, well *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Peter | | | | | neither *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **hear** | past | Peter *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 4 | **happen** | past | the only thing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **bar** | participle | | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 6 | **is** | past | the only thing | | | | | with a crash; the great barred door *obl:unmarked*; shut *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | Peter | | | | | outside thing; fairly, soon *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **remember** | past | Peter | | | | then | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **leave** | past · perfect | Peter | the magic root | | | | behind light | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent root=Theme behind he=Location | | 10 | **not** **go back** | could | Peter | | | | | for another load of treasure | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/41/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/)