--- title: He looked on quietly for a time, but when it got beyond a joke he se… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He looked on quietly for a time, but when it got beyond a joke he seized his carving-knife and called out: “Be off, you rabble rout!” and let fly at them. Who acts: friend, fire, you. 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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 (friend, fire, you), 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:pg503:13:103 # text = He looked on quietly for a time, but when it got beyond a joke he seized his carving-knife and called out: “Be off, you rabble rout!” and let fly at them. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 19 carving carving NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 28 off off ADV RB _ 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 rabble rabble VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 32 rout rout NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 37 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look on** | past | friend | | | | time | quietly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **get** | past | fire | | | | | beyond a joke | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **seize** | past | friend | friend's carving knife | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme | | 4 | **call out** *speech: express* | participle | friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | fire *not said here* | | | | | off *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **rabble** *in a quote* | present | you | rout | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | fire *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fly** | infinitive | fire *not said here* | | | | | at nook | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at they=Location | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/104/) - ↑ back to [The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/)