--- title: They looked at each other with horror, cold shivers running down the… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They looked at each other with horror, cold shivers running down their spines; for though they had never beheld it, there was not a man amongst them who did not know what it was—the cub of the awful Bunyip! Who acts: roots, cold shivers, man. 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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 (roots, cold shivers, man), 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:pg3282:8:87 # text = They looked at each other with horror, cold shivers running down their spines; for though they had never beheld it, there was not a man amongst them who did not know what it was—the cub of the awful Bunyip! 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 2 obl _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 fixed _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 shivers shiver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 11 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 spines spine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 though though SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 25 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 29 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 nsubj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 38 — - PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 cub cub NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 Bunyip bunyip NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | roots *= root* | | | | | with horror and cold shivers; at each | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at each=Theme | | 2 | **run down** | gerund | cold shivers *not said here* | roots's spines | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme spine=Trajectory | | 3 | **not** **behold** | past · perfect | roots *= root* | horror | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | past | a man amongst roots | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | a man amongst roots | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | past | | the cub | | | | of the awful Bunyip | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/88/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/)