--- title: When the day began to dawn, and he had power to throw down the shove… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the day began to dawn, and he had power to throw down the shovel, he did not stay long where he was, but ran away as fast as he possibly could; and everyone who met him stared and looked after him, for he was flying as if he were mad, and he could not have looked worse if he had been both flaye --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/59/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/) / 59 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 2, sentence 59 When the day began to dawn, and he had power to throw down the shovel, he did not stay long where he was, but ran away as fast as he possibly could; and everyone who met him stared and looked after him, for he was flying as if he were mad, and he could not have looked worse if he had been both flayed and tanned, and everyone wondered where he had been, but for very shame he would tell nothing. **Who acts:** day, sheriff, power, everyone · **What happens:** begin, have, throw down, not stay, be, run away · **To what, where:** power, shovel, sheriff, nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (day, sheriff, power, everyone), 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:pg503:18:59 # text = When the day began to dawn, and he had power to throw down the shovel, he did not stay long where he was, but ran away as fast as he possibly could; and everyone who met him stared and looked after him, for he was flying as if he were mad, and he could not have looked worse if he had been both flayed and tanned, and everyone wondered where he had been, but for very shame he would tell nothing. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 14 down down ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 shovel shovel NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 22 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 as as ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 42 nsubj _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 stared stare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 45 after after ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 53 if if SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 56 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 60 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 62 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 aux _ _ 63 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 parataxis _ _ 64 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 63 xcomp _ _ 65 if if SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 advcl _ _ 68 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 70 cop _ _ 69 both both ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 70 flayed flay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 conj _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 tanned tan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 75 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 76 nsubj _ _ 76 wondered wonder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 conj _ _ 77 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 80 advmod _ _ 78 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ _ 79 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 80 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 76 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 88 punct _ _ 82 but but CCONJ CC _ 88 cc _ _ 83 for for ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 very very ADV RB _ 85 advmod _ _ 85 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obl _ _ 86 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 88 nsubj _ _ 87 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 88 aux _ _ 88 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 conj _ _ 89 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 88 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 90 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the day | | | | dawn | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **have** | past | sheriff | power | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **throw down** | to-infinitive | power *not said here* | the shovel | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shovel=Theme | | 4 | **not** **stay** | past · do-support | sheriff | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **be** | past | sheriff | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **run away** | past | sheriff *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **meet** | past | | sheriff | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 8 | **stare** | past | everyone | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **look** | past | everyone *not said here* | | | | after sheriff | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **fly** | past · progressive | sheriff | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **is** | past | sheriff | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **not** **look** | could · perfect | sheriff | | | | | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 13 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | sheriff | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **is** | participle | sheriff *not said here* | | | | | both, flay *property* | tree rules | | 15 | **tan** | past | sheriff *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 16 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | everyone | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 17 | **be** | past · perfect | sheriff | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 18 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would | sheriff | nothing | | | | for shame | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Recipient | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/60/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/)