--- title: It was not till he had left the last trees behind him, and was stand… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was not till he had left the last trees behind him, and was standing in the open plain, that he dared to look round, and then he thought a figure in white was still standing there waving her arms to and fro. Who acts: moon, figure. 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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 (moon, figure), 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:pg3282:10:130 # text = It was not till he had left the last trees behind him, and was standing in the open plain, that he dared to look round, and then he thought a figure in white was still standing there waving her arms to and fro. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 4 till till SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 behind behind ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 round round ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 nmod _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 still still ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ _ 40 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 41 waving wave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 advcl _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 fro fro VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | hand | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme tree=Attribute | | 2 | **stand** | past · progressive | | | | the open plain | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in plain=Location | | 3 | **dare** | past | moon | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **look round** | to-infinitive | moon *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | moon | | | | then | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | past · progressive | a figure in white | | | there | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wave** | gerund | a figure in white *not said here* | figure's arms | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | | 8 | **fro** | infinitive | a figure in white *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/131/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/)