--- title: This frightened him dreadfully, and away he ran to the back door; bu… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: This frightened him dreadfully, and away he ran to the back door; but there the dog jumped up and bit him in the leg; and as he was crossing over the yard the ass kicked him; and the cock, who had been awakened by the noise, crowed with all his might. Who acts: This, cat, dog, noise. 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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 (This, cat, dog, noise), 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:pg2591:5:44 # text = This frightened him dreadfully, and away he ran to the back door; but there the dog jumped up and bit him in the leg; and as he was crossing over the yard the ass kicked him; and the cock, who had been awakened by the noise, crowed with all his might. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 dreadfully dreadfully ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 crossing cross VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 38 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 awakened awaken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 crowed crow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl _ _ 54 with with SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 57 det:predet _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past | This | cat | | | | dreadfully *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 2 | **run** | past | cat | | | | | to the back door *result*; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to door=Result | | 3 | **jump up** | past | the dog | | | there | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **bite** | past | the dog *not said here* | cat | | the leg | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in leg=Location | | 5 | **cross** | past · progressive | cat | the ass | | | | over the yard | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ass=Patient | | 6 | **kick** | past | This *not said here* | cat | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **awaken** | past · perfect · passive | the noise | the cock | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme | | 8 | **crow** | participle | | the noise *not said here* | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/45/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/5/)