--- title: ‘However, I left the spit sticking in his head, and took to my heels… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘However, I left the spit sticking in his head, and took to my heels; but I soon found he was in pursuit of me, although blind; and having an enchanted ring he threw it at me, and it fell on my big toe and remained fastened to it. Who acts: I, spit, fear. 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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 (I, spit, fear), 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:pg540:8:130 # text = ‘However, I left the spit sticking in his head, and took to my heels; but I soon found he was in pursuit of me, although blind; and having an enchanted ring he threw it at me, and it fell on my big toe and remained fastened to it. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spit spit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 sticking stick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 22 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 pursuit pursuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 although although SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 toe toe NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | I | the spit | | | | however *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spit=Theme | | 2 | **stick** | gerund | the spit *not said here* | | | fear's head | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in head=Destination | | 3 | **take** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | to my heels *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to heel=Result | | 4 | **find** | past | I | | | | | soon *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | fear | | | pursuit | | of me | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | gerund | I *not said here* | a enchanted ring | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient | | 7 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **throw** | past | fear | spit | | | | at me | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at i=Destination | | 9 | **fall** | past | spit | | | my big toe | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on toe=Location | | 10 | **fasten** | past · passive | spit *not said here* | | spit | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: to it=Co-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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/131/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)