--- title: But he did not know that she had slipped aside into a recess, till s… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he did not know that she had slipped aside into a recess, till suddenly he put his foot on a trap door which gave way under him, and he fell down, down, as many good knights had done before him, and his voice joined the echoes of theirs. Who acts: man, woman, trap door, voice. 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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 (man, woman, trap door, voice), 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:pg3282:38:32 # text = But he did not know that she had slipped aside into a recess, till suddenly he put his foot on a trap door which gave way under him, and he fell down, down, as many good knights had done before him, and his voice joined the echoes of theirs. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 10 aside aside ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 recess recess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 till till SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 under under ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 34 down down ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 down down ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 44 before before ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 echoes echo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **slip** | past · perfect | woman | | | a recess | | aside *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **put** | past | man | man's foot | | a trap door | | suddenly *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme on door=Destination | | 4 | **give** | past | a trap door | way | | | | under man | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 5 | **fall down** | past | man | | | | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | many good knights | | | before man | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **join** | past | man's voice | the echoes of echoes | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent echo=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/33/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/)