--- title: The young man jogged along more and more slowly for some time, until… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young man jogged along more and more slowly for some time, until at last, getting impatient at the slowness of the pony, he gave him such a tremendous thwack with his staff that the pony completely lost his temper and bolted. Who acts: young man, pony. 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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 (young man, pony), 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:pg3454:16:13 # text = The young man jogged along more and more slowly for some time, until at last, getting impatient at the slowness of the pony, he gave him such a tremendous thwack with his staff that the pony completely lost his temper and bolted. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 jogged jog VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 along along ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 until until ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 19 impatient impatient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 slowness slowness NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 33 det:predet _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 tremendous tremendous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 thwack thwack NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 completely completely ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 bolted bolt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jog** | past | the young man | | | | time | along, slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | gerund | the young man *not said here* | | | the slowness of the pony | | impatient *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **give** | past | pony | such tremendous thwack | plenty | | | with pony's staff | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient thwack=Theme | | 4 | **lose** | past | the pony | pony's temper | | | | completely *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temper=Eventuality | | 5 | **bolt** | participle | the pony *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **temper** | | pony | | | | | | nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/14/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/)