--- title: They were pawing the ground in their impatience to start, and the me… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They were pawing the ground in their impatience to start, and the merchant was forced to bid Beauty a hasty farewell; and as soon as he was mounted he went off at such a pace that she lost sight of him in an instant. Who acts: heaps, merchant, Beauty. 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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 (heaps, merchant, Beauty), 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:pg503:15:48 # text = They were pawing the ground in their impatience to start, and the merchant was forced to bid Beauty a hasty farewell; and as soon as he was mounted he went off at such a pace that she lost sight of him in an instant. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pawing paw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 impatience impatience NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 bid bid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 Beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 hasty hasty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 farewell farewell NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 as as ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 37 det:predet _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 pace pace NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 41 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paw** | past · progressive | heaps *= heap* | the ground | | heaps's impatience | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ground=Patient in impatience=Location | | 2 | **start** | to-infinitive | heaps *= heap* *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **force** | past · passive | | the merchant | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **bid** | to-infinitive | the merchant *not said here* | Beauty | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **mount** | past · passive | | merchant | | | | soon *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **go off** | past | merchant | | | | | at such pace | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at pace=Location | | 7 | **lose** | past | Beauty | sight of merchant | | a instant | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | | 8 | **sight** | | | merchant | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/49/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/)