--- title: When he got in, everything happened just as the old man had said it… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he got in, everything happened just as the old man had said it would: all the people, great and small, came round him like ants on an ant-hill, and each tried to outbid the other for the ham. Who acts: Man, everything, old man, people. 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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 (Man, everything, old man, people), 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:pg503:20:19 # text = When he got in, everything happened just as the old man had said it would: all the people, great and small, came round him like ants on an ant-hill, and each tried to outbid the other for the ham. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 7 nsubj _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 27 round round ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 39 nsubj _ _ 39 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 outbid outbid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 ham ham NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get in** | past | Man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **happen** | past | everything | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the old man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | past | all people | | | | | round Man; like ants on a ant hill | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **try** | past | each | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **outbid** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | each *not said here* | the other | | | | for the ham | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot other=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 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/20/) - ↑ back to [Why the Sea Is Salt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/)