--- title: With a violent effort she burst the clasp and flung it round the nec… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: With a violent effort she burst the clasp and flung it round the neck of a pig which was grunting in a ditch, and as she did so she heard the footsteps cease from pursuing her and run after the pig, for her charm had vanished. Who acts: Tephany, pig, footsteps, charm. 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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 (Tephany, pig, footsteps, charm), 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:pg3454:33:26 # text = With a violent effort she burst the clasp and flung it round the neck of a pig which was grunting in a ditch, and as she did so she heard the footsteps cease from pursuing her and run after the pig, for her charm had vanished. 1 With with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 clasp clasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 round round ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 grunting grunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ditch ditch NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 cease cease VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 from from SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 pursuing pursue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 after after ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst** | past | Tephany | the clasp | | | | with a violent effort | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent clasp=Patient with effort=Instrument | | 2 | **fling** | past | Tephany *not said here* | clasp | | | | round the neck of a pig | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **grunt** | past · progressive | a pig | | | a ditch | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | past | Tephany | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hear** | past | Tephany | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **cease** | present | the footsteps | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **pursue** | gerund | the footsteps *not said here* | Tephany | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 8 | **run** | present | the footsteps *not said here* | | | | after the pig | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **vanish** | past · perfect | Tephany's charm | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/27/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/)