--- title: As he ran he heard the sound of a pipe, such as only ogres of the St… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As he ran he heard the sound of a pipe, such as only ogres of the Stalo kind were wont to use; and there flashed into his mind what the bailiff had said when they jumped the boat: 'Next time you will have something harder to do.' Who acts: stumble, eyes, you, something. 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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 (stumble, eyes, you, something), 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:pg3027:36:91 # text = As he ran he heard the sound of a pipe, such as only ogres of the Stalo kind were wont to use; and there flashed into his mind what the bailiff had said when they jumped the boat: 'Next time you will have something harder to do.' 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 15 case _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 only only ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 ogres ogre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Stalo Stalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 wont wont ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 27 flashed flash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 obj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bailiff bailiff NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 48 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 47 obj _ _ 49 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 48 amod _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | stumble | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | stumble | the sound of a pipe | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | stumble *not said here* | | | | | wont *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **use** | to-infinitive | stumble *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **flash** | participle | stumble *not said here* | | | stumble's mind; there | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into mind=Recipient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | the bailiff | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **jump** | past | eyes *= eye* | the boat | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme boat=Trajectory | | 8 | **have** | future | you | something | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 9 | **do** | to-infinitive | something *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **mind** | | stumble | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/92/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/)