--- title: So she began to walk as fast as she could, but the forest was so lar… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So she began to walk as fast as she could, but the forest was so large and the sun was so hot that she nearly died of heat and terror and fatigue; look which way she would there seemed to be no end to the forest, and she was so frightened that she fancied every minute that she heard the King running --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/69/) [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 Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/) / 69 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 69 So she began to walk as fast as she could, but the forest was so large and the sun was so hot that she nearly died of heat and terror and fatigue; look which way she would there seemed to be no end to the forest, and she was so frightened that she fancied every minute that she heard the King running after her to kill her. **Who acts:** Miranda, forest, sun, end · **What happens:** begin, walk, be, die, look, seem · **To what, where:** way, King, Miranda This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Miranda, forest, sun, end), 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:pg503:30:69 # text = So she began to walk as fast as she could, but the forest was so large and the sun was so hot that she nearly died of heat and terror and fatigue; look which way she would there seemed to be no end to the forest, and she was so frightened that she fancied every minute that she heard the King running after her to kill her. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 fatigue fatigue NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 36 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 37 det _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 41 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 frightened frightened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 58 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 59 det _ _ 59 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 advcl _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 65 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 advcl _ _ 66 after after ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obl _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 69 mark _ _ 69 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 advcl _ _ 70 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Miranda | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | Miranda *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the forest | | | | | large *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | the sun | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **die** | past | Miranda | | | | | of heat and terror and fatigue; nearly *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of heat=Causer | | 6 | **look** | infinitive | the forest *not said here* | which way | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Attribute | | 7 | **seem** | would | Miranda | which way *not said here* | | there | | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | to-infinitive | no end to the forest | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | Miranda | | | | | frightened *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **fancy** | past | Miranda | | | | minute | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **hear** | past | Miranda | the King | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | | 12 | **run** | gerund | Miranda *not said here* | | | | after Miranda | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **kill** | to-infinitive | Miranda *not said here* | Miranda | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/70/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/)