--- title: And in a moment the whole place was full of little creatures each on… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And in a moment the whole place was full of little creatures each one with a tiny bow and a spear hardly big enough for a baby; but both arrows and spears could sting, as the bear knew very well, and in his fright he gave such a tug to his tail that it broke short off, and he rolled away into the fo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/77/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/) / 77 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 26, sentence 77 And in a moment the whole place was full of little creatures each one with a tiny bow and a spear hardly big enough for a baby; but both arrows and spears could sting, as the bear knew very well, and in his fright he gave such a tug to his tail that it broke short off, and he rolled away into the forest as fast as his legs could carry him. **Who acts:** whole place, arrows, bear, place, legs · **What happens:** be, sting, know, give, break, roll away · **To what, where:** tug, tail, fright, forest, bear This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whole place, arrows, bear, place), 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:pg3282:26:77 # text = And in a moment the whole place was full of little creatures each one with a tiny bow and a spear hardly big enough for a baby; but both arrows and spears could sting, as the bear knew very well, and in his fright he gave such a tug to his tail that it broke short off, and he rolled away into the forest as fast as his legs could carry him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 24 enough enough ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 spears spear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 sting sting VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 50 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 52 det:predet _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 tug tug NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 56 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 obj _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 59 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 xcomp _ _ 60 off off ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 parataxis _ _ 65 away away ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 66 into into ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 69 as as ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 70 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 64 advmod _ _ 71 as as SCONJ IN _ 75 mark _ _ 72 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 73 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 nsubj _ _ 74 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 75 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 advcl _ _ 76 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the whole place | | | | moment | of little creatures; full *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sting** | could | both arrows and spears | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **know** | past | the bear | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **give** | past | bear | such tug | bear's tail | bear's fright | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tug=Theme to tail=Recipient | | 5 | **break** | past | place | bear's tail | | | | short *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Patient | | 6 | **roll away** | past | bear | | | the forest | | away, fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into forest=Destination | | 7 | **carry** | could | bear's legs | bear | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **fright** | | bear | | | | | | nom fright «feeling transitive»: poss=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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/78/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/)