--- title: He walked now slowly--more slowly than the sheriff and the attorney… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He walked now slowly--more slowly than the sheriff and the attorney had done, but, the slower he went, the more time had everyone to stare and look at him; and they used it too, and no one can imagine how tired out and ragged he looked after his dance with the calf. 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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 (bailiff, attorney, more time, 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:pg503:18:89 # text = He walked now slowly--more slowly than the sheriff and the attorney had done, but, the slower he went, the more time had everyone to stare and look at him; and they used it too, and no one can imagine how tired out and ragged he looked after his dance with the calf. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sheriff sheriff NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 attorney attorney NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 slower slow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 conj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 amod _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 28 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 stare stare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 too too ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 44 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 47 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 48 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 ccomp _ _ 49 out out ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 ragged rag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 ccomp _ _ 54 after after ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | bailiff | | | | now | than the sheriff; slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | the attorney | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | bailiff | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | the more time | everyone | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stare** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* | | | | | at bailiff | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 7 | **use** | past | sack | calf | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **imagine** | can | no one | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **rag** | past | sack *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **look** | past | bailiff | | | | after bailiff's dance | with the calf | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 11 | **dance** | | bailiff | | | | | | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/88/) - next →: [The Master-maid, part 3, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/1/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/)