--- title: Just then Bruno, who was going back to his work, came out of the cot… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Just then Bruno, who was going back to his work, came out of the cottage, and thought he must be dreaming when he saw Felicia; but she called him very kindly, and begged the Queen to take pity on him. Who acts: Bruno, Felicia. 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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 (Bruno, Felicia), 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:pg503:22:127 # text = Just then Bruno, who was going back to his work, came out of the cottage, and thought he must be dreaming when he saw Felicia; but she called him very kindly, and begged the Queen to take pity on him. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 3 Bruno Bruno PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 24 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 28 Felicia Felicia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 43 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past · progressive | Bruno | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **come out** | past | Bruno | the cottage | | | then | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient cottage=Result | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Bruno *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **dream** | must · progressive | Bruno | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | past | Bruno | Felicia | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer felicia=Stimulus | | 6 | **call** | past | Felicia | | Bruno | | | kindly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Bruno *not said here* | | the Queen | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | pity | | | | on Bruno | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pity=Theme on he=Destination | | 9 | **work** | | Bruno | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: 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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/128/) - ↑ back to [Felicia and the Pot of Pinks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/)