--- title: However, in a moment he was up again, and catching hold of Paul, thr… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, in a moment he was up again, and catching hold of Paul, threw him so that he sank up to his waist; but then it was Paul’s turn again, and this time the man was buried up to his neck. Who acts: man, catching, wish. 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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, catching, wish), 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:pg2435:31:29 # text = However, in a moment he was up again, and catching hold of Paul, threw him so that he sank up to his waist; but then it was Paul’s turn again, and this time the man was buried up to his neck. 1 However however ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 catching catch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 csubj _ _ 13 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Paul Paul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 17 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 22 mark _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 Paul Paul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 35 again again ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | man | a moment *not said here* | | | | again *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **catch** | gerund | | hold of Paul | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 3 | **throw** | past | catching | man | | | | however *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **sink up** | past | man | | | | | to man's waist | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | past | wish | Paul's turn | | | then; again | | tree rules | | 6 | **bury up** | past · passive | | the man | | | time | to man's neck | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **hold** | | | Paul | | | | | nom hold «act 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/30/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/)