--- title: One evening, as he was passing near the house where she lived, he sa… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One evening, as he was passing near the house where she lived, he saw her standing with her back to the wall, trying to beat off with her fan the attacks of a savage dog that was leaping at her throat. Who acts: state, chance, savage dog. 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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 (state, chance, savage dog), 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:pg3282:10:51 # text = One evening, as he was passing near the house where she lived, he saw her standing with her back to the wall, trying to beat off with her fan the attacks of a savage dog that was leaping at her throat. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 8 near near ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 xcomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 off off ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 fan fan NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 attacks attack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 savage savage ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 leaping leap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · progressive | state | One evening *not said here* | | the house | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent evening=Theme near house=Destination | | 2 | **live** | past | chance | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | state | chance | | | evening | | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** | gerund | chance *not said here* | | | | | with chance's back; to the wall | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **try** | gerund | chance *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **beat off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | chance *not said here* | the attacks of a savage dog | | | | with chance's fan | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent attack=Patient with fan=Instrument | | 7 | **leap** | past · progressive | a savage dog | | | chance's throat | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at throat=Trajectory | | 8 | **attack** | | | a savage dog | | | | | nom attack «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 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/52/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/)