--- title: Between his fright and his hurry he was almost dead of exhaustion wh… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Between his fright and his hurry he was almost dead of exhaustion when he reached his own village, where the nyamatsanes could not follow him, because of their enemies the dogs, which swarmed over all the roads. Who acts: chase, nyamatsanes, enemies. 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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 (chase, nyamatsanes, enemies), 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:pg5615:35:22 # text = Between his fright and his hurry he was almost dead of exhaustion when he reached his own village, where the nyamatsanes could not follow him, because of their enemies the dogs, which swarmed over all the roads. 1 Between between ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 almost almost ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 exhaustion exhaustion NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 nyamatsanes nyamatsane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 31 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 swarmed swarm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 over over ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | chase | | | | | between chase's fright and chase's hurry; of exhaustion; almost, dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reach** | past | chase | chase's own village | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent village=Theme | | 3 | **not** **follow** | could | the nyamatsanes | chase | | | | because nyamatsanes's enemies and the dogs | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **swarm** | past | nyamatsanes's enemies and the dogs | | | all roads | | | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over road=Location | | 5 | **fright** | | chase | | | | | | nom fright «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **hurry** | | chase | | | | | | nom hurry «state 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/23/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/)