--- title: This was a great delight to him, but he soon found out that he was n… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This was a great delight to him, but he soon found out that he was not to be left quite at peace, for all the marksmen and hunters who saw him aimed at him and fired away, for they had no other birds to shoot at than himself, as the troll had tied up all the others. 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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 (This, lad, hunters, dogs), 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:pg5615:26:105 # text = This was a great delight to him, but he soon found out that he was not to be left quite at peace, for all the marksmen and hunters who saw him aimed at him and fired away, for they had no other birds to shoot at than himself, as the troll had tied up all the others. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 21 quite quite ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 marksmen marksman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 parataxis _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 aimed aim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 xcomp _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 fired fire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 45 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 than than ADP IN _ 49 fixed _ _ 51 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 as as SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 58 up up ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 61 det:predet _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | This | a great delight | lad | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find out** | past | lad | | | | | soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **leave** | past · passive | | lad | | peace | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at peace=Location | | 4 | **see** | past | hunters | lad | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **aim** | participle | lad *not said here* | | | | | at lad | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **fire away** | participle | lad *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | past | dogs *= dog* | no other birds | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **shoot** | to-infinitive | no other birds *not said here* | | | | | at lad | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at himself=Destination | | 9 | **tie up** | past · perfect · passive | | the troll | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient other=Result | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/104/) - next →: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 27, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/1/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/)