--- title: I had not gone in far until I heard a foot coming towards me with a… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I had not gone in far until I heard a foot coming towards me with a quick pace, and although naturally bold and daring, yet, thinking of the deceased bishop and the crime I was engaged in, I lost courage, and ran towards the entrance of the vault. Who acts: I, foot. 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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, 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:pg540:8:92 # text = I had not gone in far until I heard a foot coming towards me with a quick pace, and although naturally bold and daring, yet, thinking of the deceased bishop and the crime I was engaged in, I lost courage, and ran towards the entrance of the vault. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 towards towards ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 pace pace NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 although although SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 daring dare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 27 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 ccomp _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 deceased decease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 bishop bishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 40 in in ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 44 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 48 towards towards ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 vault vault NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go in** | past · perfect | I | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | I | a foot | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer foot=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | gerund | a foot *not said here* | | | | | towards me; with a quick pace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards i=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **dare** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | of the deceased bishop and the crime | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **decease** | participle | | | | | | | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **engage in** | past · passive | | I | | | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **lose** | past | I | courage | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **run** | past | I *not said here* | | | the entrance of the vault | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards entrance=Destination | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/93/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)