--- title: Every now and then he would turn his head as he ran, and call out: “… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Every now and then he would turn his head as he ran, and call out: “How are you getting on?” and the tortoise who happened to be nearest at that moment would answer: “All right, I am close up to you.” Who acts: stag, you, tortoise, I. 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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 (stag, you, tortoise, I), 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:pg3282:35:104 # text = Every now and then he would turn his head as he ran, and call out: “How are you getting on?” and the tortoise who happened to be nearest at that moment would answer: “All right, I am close up to you.” 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 23 on on ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 33 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 advcl _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 det _ _ 42 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 parataxis _ _ 47 up up ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | stag | stag's head | | | now; then | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 2 | **run** | past | stag | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **call out** *speech: ask* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **get on** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **happen** | past | the tortoise | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | the tortoise *not said here* | | | | moment | near *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **answer** *speech: assert* | would | the tortoise | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **close up** *in a quote* | present | I | | you | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to you=Recipient | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/105/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/)