--- title: They were all very anxious to know what had happened, but he rushed… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They were all very anxious to know what had happened, but he rushed off and locked himself into a room, where he ramped and raved until he was tired. Who acts: governors, king. 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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 (governors, king), 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:pg3282:33:184 # text = They were all very anxious to know what had happened, but he rushed off and locked himself into a room, where he ramped and raved until he was tired. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 csubj _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 off off ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ramped ramp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 raved rave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 28 until until SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | governors *= governor* | | | | | all, anxious *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **rush off** | past | king | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lock** | past | king *not said here* | king | | a room | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 6 | **ramp** | past | king | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **rave** *speech: other* | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | king | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | 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 183](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/183/) - next →: [sentence 185](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/185/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)