--- title: The messenger awoke with such a start, and when he saw that the hour… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The messenger awoke with such a start, and when he saw that the hour had almost run out he snatched up the answer and rushed back with such speed that the clock had not yet struck when he entered the palace. Who acts: messenger. 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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 (messenger), 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:pg5615:19:125 # text = The messenger awoke with such a start, and when he saw that the hour had almost run out he snatched up the answer and rushed back with such speed that the clock had not yet struck when he entered the palace. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 7 det:predet _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 almost almost ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 snatched snatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 27 back back ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 yet yet ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awake** | past | the messenger | | | | | with such start | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with start=Instrument | | 2 | **see** | past | messenger | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **run out** | past · perfect · passive | | the hour | | | | almost *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 4 | **snatch up** | past | messenger | the answer | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme | | 5 | **rush back** | past | messenger *not said here* | | | | | with such speed | vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with speed=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **strike** | past · perfect · passive | | the clock | | | yet | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient that=Result | | 7 | **enter** | past | messenger | the palace | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/126/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/)