--- title: Then he ran and seized the coverlet, but as soon as he did so it sou… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he ran and seized the coverlet, but as soon as he did so it sounded so that it could be heard over eight kingdoms, and the witch, who was at Troms Church, came flying home, and shouted, ‘Hey! is that you again, Esben?’ Who acts: door, it, witch, you. 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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 (door, it, witch, you), 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:pg5615:29:77 # text = Then he ran and seized the coverlet, but as soon as he did so it sounded so that it could be heard over eight kingdoms, and the witch, who was at Troms Church, came flying home, and shouted, ‘Hey! is that you again, Esben?’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 coverlet coverlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 10 as as ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 23 mark _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ _ 24 over over ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 Troms Troms PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Church Church PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 xcomp _ _ 40 home home ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Hey hey INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 again again ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 Esben Esben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ? ? PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | door | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **seize** | past | door *not said here* | the coverlet | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coverlet=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past | door | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sound** | past | it | | | | | soon *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **hear** | could · passive | | hold | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | the witch | | | Troms Church | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | past | the witch | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fly** | gerund | the witch *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | door *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | present | you | Esben | | | again | | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/78/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/)