--- title: Esben caught it at once, put it into the bag, and hurried off before… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Esben caught it at once, put it into the bag, and hurried off before the witch caught sight of him; but the next moment she came running, and shouted after him, ‘ I Hey is that you, Esben.?’ Who acts: Esben, witch, next moment, I. 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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 (Esben, witch, next moment, I), 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:pg5615:28:59 # text = Esben caught it at once, put it into the bag, and hurried off before the witch caught sight of him; but the next moment she came running, and shouted after him, ‘ I Hey is that you, Esben.?’ 1 Esben Esben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 15 off off ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 before before SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 20 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 after after ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 Hey Hey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 that that ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 Esben Esben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 .? .? PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | Esben | dove | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at once=Asset | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | Esben *not said here* | dove | | the bag | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 3 | **hurry off** | participle | Esben *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **catch** | past | the witch | sight of king | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | the next moment | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **run** | gerund | the next moment *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | Esben *not said here* | | | | after king | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | present | I | | | | | that you | tree rules | | 9 | **sight** | | | king | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/60/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/)