--- title: And he was sore frightened, and ran away from them as fast as he cou… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And he was sore frightened, and ran away from them as fast as he could; and glad was he when he came to a castle that stood on a hillock, wi’ the door standing wide to the wa’. Who acts: man, castle. 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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, castle), 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:pg503:56:20 # text = And he was sore frightened, and ran away from them as fast as he could; and glad was he when he came to a castle that stood on a hillock, wi’ the door standing wide to the wa’. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hillock hillock NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 wi wi NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’ ' ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 38 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 39 wide wide ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 wa wa NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | man | | | | | sore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **frighten** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **run away** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | from beasts *= beast*; away, fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from they=Trajectory | | 4 | **is a** | past | | man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | past | man | | | a castle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **stand** | past | a castle | | | a hillock and wi | | ' the door | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hillock=Location | | 7 | **stand** | gerund | a castle *not said here* | | | | | to the wa; wide *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/21/) - ↑ back to [The Red Etin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/)