--- title: They bayed with joy at the sight of him, and as Peter turned to pat… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They bayed with joy at the sight of him, and as Peter turned to pat them, he beheld Eisenkopf at the edge of the fire, but the opening had closed up behind Peter, and he could not get through. Who acts: names, Peter. 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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 (names, Peter), 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:pg2435:27:129 # text = They bayed with joy at the sight of him, and as Peter turned to pat them, he beheld Eisenkopf at the edge of the fire, but the opening had closed up behind Peter, and he could not get through. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bayed bay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 pat pat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 Eisenkopf Eisenkopf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 parataxis _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 behind behind ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 43 through through ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bay** | past | names *= name* | | | | | with joy; at the sight of Peter | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at sight=Stimulus | | 2 | **turn** | past | Peter | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pat** | to-infinitive | Peter *not said here* | names *= name* | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Experiencer | | 4 | **behold** | past | Peter | Eisenkopf | | the edge of the fire | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eisenkopf=Stimulus | | 5 | **close up** | past · perfect · passive | | the opening | | Peter | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **not** **get through** | could | Peter | | | | | through *property* | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sight** | | | Peter | | | | | 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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/128/) - next →: [The Crimson Fairy Book, part…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/1/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/)