--- title: Esben at once put it into his sack and hurried off before the witch… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Esben at once put it into his sack and hurried off before the witch should catch sight of him; but the next moment she came running, and shouted after him, ‘Hey! is that you, Esben?’ Who acts: Esben, witch, next moment. 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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), 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:pg5615:28:89 # text = Esben at once put it into his sack and hurried off before the witch should catch sight of him; but the next moment she came running, and shouted after him, ‘Hey! is that you, Esben?’ 1 Esben Esben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ 4 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 before before SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 17 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Hey hey INTJ UH _ 30 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 that that ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Esben Esben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | infinitive | Esben | boar | | Sir's sack | | Esben *obl* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme at once=Destination | | 2 | **hurry off** | participle | Esben *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **catch** | should | the witch | sight of Sir | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | the next moment | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **run** | gerund | the next moment *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | the next moment *not said here* | | | | after Sir | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | | | | | | that you | tree rules | | 8 | **sight** | | | Sir | | | | | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/90/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/)