--- title: The man laid all sorts of traps to catch the thief, but instead of c… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The man laid all sorts of traps to catch the thief, but instead of capturing the foe, it happened that one day he got caught himself, and falling down, struck his head against a stone, and was killed. Who acts: man, it, falling. 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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 (man, it, falling), 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:pg2435:24:22 # text = The man laid all sorts of traps to catch the thief, but instead of capturing the foe, it happened that one day he got caught himself, and falling down, struck his head against a stone, and was killed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 traps trap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 16 mark _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 capturing capture VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 28 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 falling fall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 csubj _ _ 32 down down ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 34 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 against against ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | the man | all sorts of traps | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Result | | 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | the thief | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Theme | | 3 | **capture** | gerund | | the foe | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Theme | | 4 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **catch** | past · passive | | marten | | | day | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary himself=Theme | | 6 | **fall down** | gerund | | | | | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **strike** | past | falling | marten's head | | | | against a stone | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Instrument against stone=Patient | | 8 | **kill** | past · passive | falling *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 9 | **sort** | | | traps | | | | | nom sort «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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/23/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/24/)