--- title: The people turned round and saw the black figure coming, and thought… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The people turned round and saw the black figure coming, and thought it was the devil himself, who wanted to get hold of the carpenter, so they threw down the coffin and took to their heels. Who acts: people, black figure, figure, devil. 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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 (people, black figure, figure, devil), 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:pg5615:32:81 # text = The people turned round and saw the black figure coming, and thought it was the devil himself, who wanted to get hold of the carpenter, so they threw down the coffin and took to their heels. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 round round ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 17 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 carpenter carpenter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 down down ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn round** | past | the people | | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | the people *not said here* | the black figure | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer figure=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | gerund | the black figure *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the people *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | figure | the devil | | | | devil *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | | 6 | **want** | past | the devil | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the devil *not said here* | hold of the carpenter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | | 8 | **throw down** | past | people | the coffin | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffin=Theme | | 9 | **take** | past | people *not said here* | | | | | to people's heels *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to heel=Result | | 10 | **hold** | | | the carpenter | | | | | nom hold «act 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/82/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/32/)