--- title: “After all, there is no hurry,” he said to himself; “I may as well s… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “After all, there is no hurry,” he said to himself; “I may as well see something now I AM here,” and turned back, forgetting all about the hen, which escaped from under his arm, and ran to join her sisters. Who acts: boy, hen. 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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 (boy, hen), 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:pg3282:23:26 # text = “After all, there is no hurry,” he said to himself; “I may as well see something now I AM here,” and turned back, forgetting all about the hen, which escaped from under his arm, and ran to join her sisters. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 21 cc _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 fixed _ _ 21 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 22 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 21 obj _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 AM be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 forgetting forget VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 34 all all ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 about about ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 under under ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | no hurry | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | boy | | boy | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | may | boy | something | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | boy | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **turn back** | past | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **forget** | gerund | boy *not said here* | | | | | about the hen | tree rules | | 7 | **escape** | past | the hen | | | boy's arm | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from arm=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **run** | past | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **join** | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | youth's sisters | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/27/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/)