--- title: For some time he stood staring; then he came to himself with a start… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For some time he stood staring; then he came to himself with a start, and feeling that he had no business there, softly stole away, and was fortunate enough to recapture the hen, which he took with him to the gate. 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:pg3282:23:28 # text = For some time he stood staring; then he came to himself with a start, and feeling that he had no business there, softly stole away, and was fortunate enough to recapture the hen, which he took with him to the gate. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 staring stare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 softly softly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 28 away away ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 fortunate fortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 33 enough enough ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 recapture recapture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 csubj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | boy | | | | time | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **stare** | gerund | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | boy | | boy | | then | with a start | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to himself=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **feel** | gerund | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | past | boy | no business | | there | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Patient | | 6 | **steal away** | past | | | | | | away, softly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | boy *not said here* | | | | | enough, fortunate *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **recapture** | to-infinitive | | the hen | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Theme | | 9 | **take** | past | the hen | | | | | with boy; to the gate *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to gate=Result | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/29/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/)