--- title: As soon as she had turned the corner the Shifty Lad came out, and by… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as she had turned the corner the Shifty Lad came out, and by running very fast through the wood he contrived to reach home before his mother, who found him stretched out comfortably before the fire. Who acts: Crow, Shifty Lad, suddenness, mother. 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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 (Crow, Shifty Lad, suddenness, mother), 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:pg3454:1:80 # text = As soon as she had turned the corner the Shifty Lad came out, and by running very fast through the wood he contrived to reach home before his mother, who found him stretched out comfortably before the fire. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Shifty shifty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Lad Lad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 13 out out ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 16 by by SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 contrived contrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 before before ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 xcomp _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 comfortably comfortably ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 before before ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past · perfect | Crow | the corner | | | | soon *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent corner=Theme | | 2 | **come out** | past | the Shifty Lad | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **run** | gerund | suddenness *not said here* | | | the wood | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Trajectory | | 4 | **contrive** | past | suddenness | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **reach** | to-infinitive | suddenness *not said here* | | | | before suddenness's mother | home *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **find** | past | suddenness's mother | suddenness | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme | | 7 | **stretch out** | participle | suddenness *not said here* | | | | before the fire | comfortably *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/81/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/)