--- title: The squirrels and guinea pigs ran whimpering after him, as though th… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The squirrels and guinea pigs ran whimpering after him, as though they would like to go too, and he begged them to come when he reached the door, but they all turned and ran quickly back into the house again. Who acts: squirrels, house. 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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 (squirrels, house), 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:pg641:26:100 # text = The squirrels and guinea pigs ran whimpering after him, as though they would like to go too, and he begged them to come when he reached the door, but they all turned and ran quickly back into the house again. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 squirrels squirrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 whimpering whimper VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 though though SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 too too ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 advmod _ _ 35 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 38 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 again again ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | the squirrels and guinea pigs | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **whimper** | gerund | the squirrels and guinea pigs *not said here* | | | | after house | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **like** | would | squirrels *= squirrel* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | squirrels *= squirrel* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | house | | squirrels *= squirrel* | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | house *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **reach** | past | house | the door | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent door=Theme | | 8 | **turn** | past | squirrels *= squirrel* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **run back** | past | squirrels *= squirrel* *not said here* | | | | again | into the house *result*; quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into house=Result | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/26/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/26/101/) - ↑ back to [The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/26/)