--- title: He had scarcely done this when he heard the noise of the nyamatsanes… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He had scarcely done this when he heard the noise of the nyamatsanes coming back to their grandmother, for they were very fond of her, and never stayed away from her longer than they could help. Who acts: husband, nyamatsanes, skins. 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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 (husband, nyamatsanes, skins), 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:pg5615:34:125 # text = He had scarcely done this when he heard the noise of the nyamatsanes coming back to their grandmother, for they were very fond of her, and never stayed away from her longer than they could help. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 nyamatsanes nyamatsane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 34 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ _ 35 than than SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · perfect | husband | this | | | | scarcely *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **hear** | past | husband | the noise of the nyamatsanes | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus | | 3 | **come back** | gerund | the nyamatsanes *not said here* | | | | | to skins's grandmother | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to grandmother=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **is** | past | skins *= skin* | | | | | of friend; fond *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **stay away** | past | husband *not said here* | | | | | from friend; away, long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **help** | could | skins *= skin* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **noise** | | the nyamatsanes | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/126/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)