--- title: This next morning also he peeped in at the door, but what he saw the… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This next morning also he peeped in at the door, but what he saw there surprised him so much that he shut the door in a hurry, and hastened to the king and queen, who were waiting for his report. Who acts: sun, queen. 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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 (sun, queen), 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:pg5615:33:34 # text = This next morning also he peeped in at the door, but what he saw there surprised him so much that he shut the door in a hurry, and hastened to the king and queen, who were waiting for his report. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 peeped peep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 17 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 much much ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peep in** | past | sun | | | | morning | at the door | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at door=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | sun | | | there | | surprised *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 3 | **shut** | past | sun | the door | | a hurry | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 4 | **hasten** | participle | sun *not said here* | | | | | to the king and queen *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to king=Result | | 5 | **wait** | past · progressive | queen | | | | | for sun's report | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **report** | | sun | | | | | | nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/35/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/)