--- title: The girl thanked him for his counsel, and set out for the mountain;… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The girl thanked him for his counsel, and set out for the mountain; and scarcely had she gone a few steps upwards when cries and screams broke forth around her, and she felt as if each stone she trod on was a living thing. Who acts: girl, cries. 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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 (girl, cries), 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:pg5615:20:109 # text = The girl thanked him for his counsel, and set out for the mountain; and scarcely had she gone a few steps upwards when cries and screams broke forth around her, and she felt as if each stone she trod on was a living thing. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 upwards upwards ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 25 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 26 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 screams scream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 29 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 30 forth forth ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 around around ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 40 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 trod tread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the girl | | place | | | for place's counsel | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for counsel=Attribute | | 2 | **set out** | past | the girl *not said here* | | | | | for the mountain | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past · perfect | girl | a few steps | | | | scarcely, upwards *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location step=Theme | | 4 | **break** | past | cries and screams | | | | | around girl; forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around she=Location | | 5 | **feel** | past | girl | | | | | as each stone | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent as stone=Theme | | 6 | **tread** | past | girl | each stone *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location stone=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | a living thing | | | tree rules | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/110/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/)