--- title: When he understood this he flew down again in a great hurry into the… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he understood this he flew down again in a great hurry into the thicket, and took the form of a handsome young man—that was the best way—and he fell in love with the girl then and there. Who acts: brook, that. 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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 (brook, that), 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:pg3282:31:7 # text = When he understood this he flew down again in a great hurry into the thicket, and took the form of a handsome young man—that was the best way—and he fell in love with the girl then and there. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 — - PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 amod _ _ 31 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 — - PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | past | brook | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **fly down** | past | brook | | | a great hurry into the thicket | again | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in hurry=Location | | 3 | **take** | past | brook *not said here* | the form of a handsome young man | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | that | the best way | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **fall** | past | brook | | | love | then | with the girl | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 6 | **form** | | | a handsome young man | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/8/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/)