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# The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 35, sentence 79

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When he reached the path that led to the well he looked hastily round to be sure that no one was watching him, then laid himself down as if he had been caught in the snare and had rolled into the well, though he took care to keep his head out of the water.

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**Who acts:** Patto, path, one · **What happens:** reach, lead, look, be, watch, lay down · **To what, where:** path, well, Patto, snare, head, water

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This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Patto, path, one), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3027:35:79
# text = When he reached the path that led to the well he looked hastily round to be sure that no one was watching him, then laid himself down as if he had been caught in the snare and had rolled into the well, though he took care to keep his head out of the water.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	hastily	hastily	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	round	round	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
17	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
19	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	20	det	_	_
20	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
25	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	26	advmod	_	_
26	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
27	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	26	obj	_	_
28	down	down	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	_
29	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
30	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
31	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
33	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	advcl	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	snare	snare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	34	conj	_	_
41	into	into	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	conj	_	_
48	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	ccomp	_	_
49	to	to	PART	TO	_	50	mark	_	_
50	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	xcomp	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
53	out	out	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past | Patto | the path |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent path=Theme |
| 2 | **lead** | past | the path |  |  |  |  | to the well; round *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to well=Patient |
| 3 | **look** | past | Patto | the well *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme well=Attribute |
| 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | the path *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **watch** | past · progressive | no one | Patto |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 6 | **lay down** | past |  | Patto |  |  | then |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Result |
| 7 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive |  | Patto |  | the snare |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **roll** | past · perfect |  |  |  | the well |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into well=Destination |
| 9 | **take** | past | Patto |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 10 | **care** | infinitive | Patto *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 11 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Patto *not said here* | Patto's head |  | the water |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Theme out water=Location |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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