--- title: Hoping to escape from the back of his fiery steed Moti grasped one i… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Hoping to escape from the back of his fiery steed Moti grasped one in passing, but its roots gave way, and he dashed on, with the whole plant looking like a young tree flourishing in his grip. Who acts: Hoping, roots, Moti, whole plant. 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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 (Hoping, roots, Moti, whole plant), 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:pg3454:16:25 # text = Hoping to escape from the back of his fiery steed Moti grasped one in passing, but its roots gave way, and he dashed on, with the whole plant looking like a young tree flourishing in his grip. 1 Hoping hope VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 csubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 12 grasped grasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 passing passing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 dashed dash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 26 on on ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 like like ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 flourishing flourish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | gerund | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **escape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | the back of Moti's fiery steed | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from back=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **grasp** | past | Hoping | one | | passing | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 4 | **give** | past | passing's roots | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 5 | **dash on** | past | Moti | | | | | with the whole plant | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with plant=Instrument | | 6 | **look** | gerund | the whole plant *not said here* | | | | | like a young tree | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **flourish** | gerund | a young tree *not said here* | | | Moti's grip | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grip=Location | | 8 | **grip** | | Moti | | | | | | nom grip «act 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/26/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/)