--- title: But he got no reply, and was only hurried through the streets to the… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he got no reply, and was only hurried through the streets to the court-house, where his brother, the muleteer, and the farmer had just arrived, all as angry as ever, all talking at once, till the judge entered and ordered them to be silent. Who acts: man, all, judge. 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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 (man, all, judge), 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:pg3454:20:17 # text = But he got no reply, and was only hurried through the streets to the court-house, where his brother, the muleteer, and the farmer had just arrived, all as angry as ever, all talking at once, till the judge entered and ordered them to be silent. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 11 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 muleteer muleteer NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 just just ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 all all ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 nsubj _ _ 41 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 till till SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 54 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | man | no reply | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reply=Stimulus | | 2 | **hurry** | past · passive | man *not said here* | | | the streets | | to the court house and man's brother and the muleteer | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: to house=Destination | | 3 | **arrive** | past · perfect · passive | | the farmer | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **talk** | gerund | all | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **enter** | past | the judge | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **order** | past | the judge *not said here* | | house | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the judge *not said here* | | | | | silent *property* | 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 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/18/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/)