--- title: And the husband promised, and for a while all was still; and he thou… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the husband promised, and for a while all was still; and he thought no more about the matter till he noticed at last that the nearer he drew to the house the louder grew the noise of the trampling of feet behind him. Who acts: husband, trampling, feet. 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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 (husband, trampling, feet), 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:pg3282:20:67 # text = And the husband promised, and for a while all was still; and he thought no more about the matter till he noticed at last that the nearer he drew to the house the louder grew the noise of the trampling of feet behind him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 conj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 12 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 no no ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 obj _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 till till SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obl _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 37 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 trampling trampling NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 45 behind behind ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the husband | | | | while | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | husband | more | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot more=Theme | | 3 | **notice** | past | husband | | | last | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **draw** | past | husband | | | the house | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to house=Destination | | 5 | **grow** | past | husband *not said here* | the noise of the trampling of feet behind husband | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location noise=Theme | | 6 | **noise** | | the trampling of feet behind husband | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **trample** | | feet behind husband | | | | | | nom trampling «event intransitive»: of=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 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/68/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/)