--- title: When the Shifty Lad thought that the hour had nearly come for the se… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the Shifty Lad thought that the hour had nearly come for the sermon to be over, he hid himself in some bushes in a little path that led straight to his mother’s house, and, as she passed along, thinking of all the good things she had heard, a voice shouted close to her ear ‘Robbery! 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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 (Shifty Lad, hour, widow, little path), 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:pg3454:1:75 # text = When the Shifty Lad thought that the hour had nearly come for the sermon to be over, he hid himself in some bushes in a little path that led straight to his mother’s house, and, as she passed along, thinking of all the good things she had heard, a voice shouted close to her ear ‘Robbery! 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Shifty shifty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Lad Lad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sermon sermon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 over over ADV RB _ 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 straight straight ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 43 along along ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 57 shouted shout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 acl _ _ 58 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 57 advmod _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 Robbery robbery NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ! ! PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Shifty Lad | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past · perfect | the hour | | | | | for the sermon; nearly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | the hour *not said here* | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hide** | past | widow | widow | | some bushes | | in a little path | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in bush=Location | | 5 | **lead** | past | a little path | | | | | to widow's mother's house | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to house=Patient | | 6 | **pass along** | past | House | | | | | along *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | House *not said here* | | | | | of all good things a voice | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hear** | past · perfect | House | all good things a voice *not said here* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 9 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | | a voice *not said here* | House's ear and Robbery | | | close *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ear=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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/76/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/)