--- title: In an instant a negro appeared before her, of such a huge size that… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In an instant a negro appeared before her, of such a huge size that the old woman was half frightened; but his voice was mild and gentle as he said: “What is it that you want?” Who acts: negro, voice, you. 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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 (negro, voice, you), 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:pg3282:22:59 # text = In an instant a negro appeared before her, of such a huge size that the old woman was half frightened; but his voice was mild and gentle as he said: “What is it that you want?” 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 negro negro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 14 det:predet _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 21 advmod _ _ 21 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 ccomp _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | a negro | | | a instant | before Ali | of such huge size | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in instant=Location | | 2 | **frighten** | past · passive | | the old woman | | | | half *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | negro's voice | | | | | mild *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | negro's voice *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | negro | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | voice | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **want** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/60/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/)