--- title: They came so suddenly that no one knew of it, and if they had, Blauv… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They came so suddenly that no one knew of it, and if they had, Blauvor had eaten most of the strong men; and others, fearful of something they could not tell what, had secretly left the place. Who acts: Sigurd, one, Blauvor. 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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 (Sigurd, one, Blauvor), 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:pg2435:24:13 # text = They came so suddenly that no one knew of it, and if they had, Blauvor had eaten most of the strong men; and others, fearful of something they could not tell what, had secretly left the place. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 Blauvor Blauvor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 20 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 obl _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Sigurd | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | past | no one | | | | | of town | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Sigurd | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **eat** | past · perfect | Blauvor | most of the strong men | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Patient | | 5 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | could | Sigurd | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | | 6 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | others | | | | secretly *property* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme place=Attribute | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/14/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)