--- title: One was bandy-legged and could not run fast enough; the other, who h… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One was bandy-legged and could not run fast enough; the other, who had left the house in haste, one foot shod the other bare, had hurt himself against a big stone and could not walk without difficulty; the third had arrived in time, but in harrying to go in with the others had struck so violently ag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/32/86/) [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 Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Ratcatcher](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/32/) / 86 # The Red Fairy Book, The Ratcatcher, sentence 86 One was bandy-legged and could not run fast enough; the other, who had left the house in haste, one foot shod the other bare, had hurt himself against a big stone and could not walk without difficulty; the third had arrived in time, but in harrying to go in with the others had struck so violently against the wall of the mountain that he fell backwards at the moment it closed upon his comrades. **Who acts:** One, one foot, third, foot, mountain · **What happens:** be, not run, leave, shoe, hurt, not walk · **To what, where:** house, haste, other bare, foot, wall, moment This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Ratcatcher. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, one foot, third, foot), 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:pg540:32:86 # text = One was bandy-legged and could not run fast enough; the other, who had left the house in haste, one foot shod the other bare, had hurt himself against a big stone and could not walk without difficulty; the third had arrived in time, but in harrying to go in with the others had struck so violently against the wall of the mountain that he fell backwards at the moment it closed upon his comrades. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 bandy bandy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 legged legged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 10 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 11 enough enough ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 shod shoe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 parataxis _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 against against ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 42 without without ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 53 in in SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 54 harrying harry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 advcl _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 in in ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 61 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 63 so so ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 violently violently ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 65 against against ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 71 that that SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 72 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 73 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ _ 74 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 75 at at ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ _ 78 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 nsubj _ _ 79 closed close VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 acl:relcl _ _ 80 upon upon ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 82 nmod:poss _ _ 82 comrades comrade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | One | | | | | legged *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **run** | could | One *not said here* | | | | | enough, fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | past · perfect | | the house | | haste | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent house=Theme in haste=Location | | 4 | **shoe** | past | one foot | the other bare | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent bare=Destination | | 5 | **hurt** | past · perfect | | foot | | | | against a big stone | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Patient | | 6 | **not** **walk** | could | | | | | | without difficulty | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **arrive** | past · perfect | the third | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **harry** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go in** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with the others | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with other=Beneficiary | | 10 | **strike** | past · perfect | One *not said here* | | | the wall of the mountain | | violently *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against wall=Location | | 11 | **fall** | past | foot | | | | moment | backwards *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **close** | past | mountain | the moment *not said here* | | | | upon foot's comrades | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moment=Patient | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/32/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/32/87/) - ↑ back to [The Ratcatcher](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/32/)