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title: The thought of this ran in his head so much, after the wine was out… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The thought of this ran in his head so much, after the wine was out of it, that he searched about everywhere for a way of escape, and finally, at eleven o’clock, he found a little postern in the steeple which was not locked, and out at this he crept, intending to run away. Who acts: thought, wine, t
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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 7, sentence 4

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The thought of this ran in his head so much, after the wine was out of it, that he searched about everywhere for a way of escape, and finally, at eleven o’clock, he found a little postern in the steeple which was not locked, and out at this he crept, intending to run away.

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**Who acts:** thought, wine, this · **What happens:** run, be, search, find, not lock, creep · **To what, where:** head, wine, little postern, eleven o’clock, steeple, this

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This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thought, wine, this), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg5615:7:4
# text = The thought of this ran in his head so much, after the wine was out of it, that he searched about everywhere for a way of escape, and finally, at eleven o’clock, he found a little postern in the steeple which was not locked, and out at this he crept, intending to run away.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	_
5	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	searched	search	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
23	about	about	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	22	advmod	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
32	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
34	at	at	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	36	nummod	_	_
36	o’clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	postern	postern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	steeple	steeple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
46	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
47	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux:pass	_	_
48	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	49	advmod	_	_
49	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
52	out	out	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
53	at	at	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	56	nsubj	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
58	intending	intend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	56	advcl	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	60	mark	_	_
60	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	xcomp	_	_
61	away	away	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the thought of this |  |  | thought's head |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in head=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | past | the wine |  |  | wine |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **search** | past | thought |  |  |  |  | for a way of escape; everywhere *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for way=Theme |
| 4 | **find** | past | thought | a little postern |  | eleven o’clock |  | in the steeple; finally *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent postern=Theme at o'clock=Asset |
| 5 | **not** **lock** | past · passive |  | the steeple |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 6 | **creep** | past | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **intend** | gerund | this *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **run away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | this *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **think** |  |  | this |  |  |  |  | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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