--- title: As soon, then, as he got down out of the tree he set off towards the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon, then, as he got down out of the tree he set off towards the castle, without so much as telling his companions that he had seen it at all; perhaps the hunger and want they had suffered had changed their nature so much that the one did not care what became of the other if he could save himsel --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/6/) [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 Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/) / 6 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Blue Mountains, sentence 6 As soon, then, as he got down out of the tree he set off towards the castle, without so much as telling his companions that he had seen it at all; perhaps the hunger and want they had suffered had changed their nature so much that the one did not care what became of the other if he could save himself. **Who acts:** Irishman, hunger, companions, one · **What happens:** get down, set off, tell, see, want, suffer · **To what, where:** tree, companions, castle, all, nature, Irishman · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Mountains. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Irishman, hunger, companions, one), 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:pg640:45:6 # text = As soon, then, as he got down out of the tree he set off towards the castle, without so much as telling his companions that he had seen it at all; perhaps the hunger and want they had suffered had changed their nature so much that the one did not care what became of the other if he could save himself. 1 As as ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 out out ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 off off ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 towards towards ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 without without ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 xcomp _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 much much ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 53 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 56 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 57 nsubj _ _ 57 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 ccomp _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 obl _ _ 61 if if SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 advcl _ _ 65 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get down** | past | Irishman | | | the tree | | down *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **set off** | past | Irishman | the tree *not said here* | | | | towards the castle | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tree=Patient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Irishman *not said here* | Irishman's companions | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent companion=Recipient | | 4 | **see** | past · perfect | Irishman | castle | | all | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **want** | present | the hunger *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **suffer** *not said to happen* | past · perfect | companions *= companion* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **change** | past · perfect | the hunger | companions's nature | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Patient | | 8 | **not** **care** | past · do-support | the one | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **become** | past | | | | | | of the other | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **save** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | Irishman | Irishman | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/7/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/)