--- title: Everybody was amused at Frisk’s antics, but all of a sudden he ran a… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Everybody was amused at Frisk’s antics, but all of a sudden he ran away into a little wood, and the Princess was following him, when, to her great delight, she saw a peacock, who was spreading his tail in the sunshine. Who acts: all, Princess, word, peacock. 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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 (all, Princess, word, peacock), 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:pg540:11:52 # text = Everybody was amused at Frisk’s antics, but all of a sudden he ran away into a little wood, and the Princess was following him, when, to her great delight, she saw a peacock, who was spreading his tail in the sunshine. 1 Everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 amused amuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Frisk frisk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 antics antic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 peacock peacock NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 spreading spread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 acl _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **amuse** | past · passive | | Everybody | | Frisk's antics | | to word's great delight | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **run away** | past | all | | | | | into a little wood *result*; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result | | 3 | **follow** | past · progressive | the Princess | Frisk | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | word | a peacock | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer peacock=Stimulus | | 5 | **spread** | past · progressive | a peacock | Frisk's tail | | the sunshine | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tail=Theme in sunshine=Destination | | 6 | **antic** | | Frisk | | | | | | nom antic «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **delight** | | word | | | | | | nom delight «feeling 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/53/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)