--- title: He turned away sadly and wandered back into the streets, hardly know… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He turned away sadly and wandered back into the streets, hardly knowing where he was going; when a voice behind him cried: “Stop, prince, I have caught you at last! Who acts: prince, voice. 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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 (prince, voice), 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:pg2435:19:83 # text = He turned away sadly and wandered back into the streets, hardly knowing where he was going; when a voice behind him cried: “Stop, prince, I have caught you at last! 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 behind behind ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn away** | past | prince | | | | | away, sadly *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wander back** | past | prince *not said here* | | | the streets | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into street=Destination | | 3 | **know** | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | | | hardly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | prince | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | a voice behind prince | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | | prince | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality prince=Eventuality | | 7 | **catch** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | a voice behind prince *= voice* | | last | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary you=Theme | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/84/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/)