--- title: For some time he let them rail, and pushed boldly on, till he had pa… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For some time he let them rail, and pushed boldly on, till he had passed the place which his brother had gained; then suddenly he thought that among the scoffing sounds he heard his brother’s voice. Who acts: man. 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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 (man), 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:pg5615:20:88 # text = For some time he let them rail, and pushed boldly on, till he had passed the place which his brother had gained; then suddenly he thought that among the scoffing sounds he heard his brother’s voice. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 rail rail NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 boldly boldly ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 on on ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 till till SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 gained gain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 27 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 obj _ _ 31 among among ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 scoffing scoffing NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 34 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | past | man | jests *= jest* | | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient rail=Theme | | 2 | **push** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pass** | past · perfect | man | the place | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme place=Trajectory | | 4 | **gain** | past · perfect · passive | | the place | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | man | that | | | then | suddenly *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 6 | **sound** | present | | | | | | among the scoffing | tree rules | | 7 | **hear** | past | man | man's brother's voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/89/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/)