--- title: So he stole into the valley, keeping himself carefully hidden in cop… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he stole into the valley, keeping himself carefully hidden in copse or hedgerow, and very soon met with an adventure; for, peeping through a screen of leaves, he saw before him a green lawn where stood a charming maiden, fresh as the spring, and beautiful to look upon. 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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 (he, himself, green lawn), 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:pg3282:31:1 # text = So he stole into the valley, keeping himself carefully hidden in copse or hedgerow, and very soon met with an adventure; for, peeping through a screen of leaves, he saw before him a green lawn where stood a charming maiden, fresh as the spring, and beautiful to look upon. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 copse copse NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 hedgerow hedgerow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 20 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 peeping peep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 advcl _ _ 28 through through ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 lawn lawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 41 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 42 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 charming charming ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 48 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 upon upon ADP IN _ 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | past | he | | | the valley | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | gerund | he *not said here* | himself *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hide** | participle | himself *= he* *not said here* | | | copse or hedgerow | | carefully *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in copse=Location | | 4 | **meet** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | with a adventure; soon *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with adventure=Co-Agent | | 5 | **peep** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | through a screen of leaves | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through screen=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past | he | a green lawn | | | before him *= he* | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lawn=Stimulus | | 7 | **stand** | past | | a charming maiden | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=Stimulus | | 8 | **look** | to-infinitive | a green lawn *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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: [The Brown Fairy Book, part 30, 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/108/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/2/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/)