--- title: She threw herself out of the chariot and ran to him, crying bitterly… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She threw herself out of the chariot and ran to him, crying bitterly, for she realized that her broken promise had cost him his life, and for a long, long time she was so unhappy that they thought she would have died too. Who acts: sight, broken promise, Sheep. 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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 (sight, broken promise, Sheep), 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:pg503:32:24 # text = She threw herself out of the chariot and ran to him, crying bitterly, for she realized that her broken promise had cost him his life, and for a long, long time she was so unhappy that they thought she would have died too. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 realized realize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 broken broken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 cost cost VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux _ _ 46 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 ccomp _ _ 47 too too ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | sight | sight | | the chariot | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent herself=Theme out chariot=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **run** | past | sight *not said here* | | face | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | sight *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **realize** | past | sight | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **cost** | past · perfect | sight's broken promise | promise's life | face | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme he=Beneficiary life=Value | | 6 | **is** | past | sight | | | | time | unhappy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Sheep | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **die** | would · perfect | sight | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **promise** | | sight | | | | | | nom promise «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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/25/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/)