--- title: At first he went quite slowly, “just to give the rock a chance,” he… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At first he went quite slowly, “just to give the rock a chance,” he thought to himself; but soon he quickened his pace, for he found that the rock was almost at his heels. Who acts: Wolverine, rock. 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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 (Wolverine, rock), 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:pg3282:16:69 # text = At first he went quite slowly, “just to give the rock a chance,” he thought to himself; but soon he quickened his pace, for he found that the rock was almost at his heels. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 quickened quicken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 pace pace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 37 almost almost ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Wolverine | | | | | slowly *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at first=Location | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Wolverine *not said here* | the rock | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent rock=Recipient chance=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Wolverine | | Wolverine | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **quicken** | past | Wolverine | Wolverine's pace | | | | soon *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pace=Patient | | 5 | **find** | past | Wolverine | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | the rock | | | Wolverine's heels | | almost *property* | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/70/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/16/)