--- title: But as soon as the villager was out of sight the turtle stopped, and… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But as soon as the villager was out of sight the turtle stopped, and taking a bundle containing fringes and ornaments from his back, he hung them about him, so that they rattled as he walked. Who acts: villager, turtle, villagers. 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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 (villager, turtle, villagers), 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:pg3282:12:31 # text = But as soon as the villager was out of sight the turtle stopped, and taking a bundle containing fringes and ornaments from his back, he hung them about him, so that they rattled as he walked. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 as as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 villager villager NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 containing contain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 amod _ _ 20 fringes fringe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 ornaments ornament NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 about about ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 rattled rattle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the villager | | | sight | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | past | the turtle | | | | | soon *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **take** | gerund | the turtle *not said here* | a bundle | | turtle's back | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument bundle=Theme fringe=Destination | | 4 | **contain** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **hang** | past | turtle | fringes *= fringe* | | | | about man | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme about he=Destination | | 6 | **rattle** | past | villagers *= villager* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **walk** | past | turtle | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/32/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/)