--- title: As soon as they had gone out of sight our hero made haste to take th… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as they had gone out of sight our hero made haste to take the liver from the place where he had hid it, threw off the skin of the old nyamatsane, and ran away as hard as he could, only stopping to pick up a very brilliant and polished little stone, which he put in his bag by the side of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/) / 9 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 35, sentence 9 As soon as they had gone out of sight our hero made haste to take the liver from the place where he had hid it, threw off the skin of the old nyamatsane, and ran away as hard as he could, only stopping to pick up a very brilliant and polished little stone, which he put in his bag by the side of the liver. **Who acts:** nyamatsanes, hero, made haste, haste, brilliant little stone · **What happens:** go out, make, haste, take, have, hide · **To what, where:** sight, liver, place, skin, brilliant little stone, bag This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nyamatsanes, hero, made haste, haste), 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:pg5615:35:9 # text = As soon as they had gone out of sight our hero made haste to take the liver from the place where he had hid it, threw off the skin of the old nyamatsane, and ran away as hard as he could, only stopping to pick up a very brilliant and polished little stone, which he put in his bag by the side of the liver. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 liver liver NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 28 off off ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 nyamatsane nyamatsane NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 51 very very ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 brilliant brilliant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 polished polish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 conj _ _ 55 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 nsubj:outer _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 by by ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 liver liver NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past · perfect | nyamatsanes *= nyamatsane* | sight | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **haste** | | our hero | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | made haste *not said here* | the liver | | the place | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent liver=Theme from place=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **have** | past | haste | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hide** | past | made haste | liver | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **throw off** | past | made haste *not said here* | the skin of the old nyamatsane | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | | 8 | **run away** | past | made haste *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **stop** | gerund | made haste *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **pick up** | to-infinitive | made haste *not said here* | a brilliant little stone | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Topic | | 11 | **polish** | participle | made haste *not said here* | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **put** | past | a brilliant little stone | | | haste's bag | | by the side of the liver | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in bag=Destination | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/10/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/)