--- title: By this time day was beginning to break, and Niels thought that his… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: By this time day was beginning to break, and Niels thought that his folks might already be searching for him, so, instead of waiting to see what took place at the castle, he ran off to the forest as fast as he could, taking the sword with him. Who acts: Niels, folks. 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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 (Niels, folks), 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:pg2435:30:61 # text = By this time day was beginning to break, and Niels thought that his folks might already be searching for him, so, instead of waiting to see what took place at the castle, he ran off to the forest as fast as he could, taking the sword with him. 1 By by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 Niels Niels PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 16 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 already already ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 19 searching search VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 27 mark _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 nsubj _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 32 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 39 off off ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past · progressive | | | | | day | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **break** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Niels | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **search** | might · progressive | Niels's folks | | | | | for Niels | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 5 | **wait** | gerund | Niels's folks *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | Niels's folks *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **take** | past | | place | | the castle | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent place=Theme at castle=Asset | | 8 | **run off** | past | Niels | | | | | to the forest *result*; fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to forest=Result | | 9 | **take** | gerund | Niels *not said here* | the sword | | | | with Niels | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/62/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/)