--- title: At last he reached the top, and as he paused for a moment to look ro… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last he reached the top, and as he paused for a moment to look round him he saw another headless man cowering in the very bell itself, waiting till Hans should seize the bell-pull in order to strike him a blow with the clapper, which would soon have made an end of him. 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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 (fellow, headless man), 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:pg641:33:26 # text = At last he reached the top, and as he paused for a moment to look round him he saw another headless man cowering in the very bell itself, waiting till Hans should seize the bell-pull in order to strike him a blow with the clapper, which would soon have made an end of him. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 paused pause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 17 round round ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 21 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 22 headless headless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 24 cowering cower VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 28 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 conj _ _ 32 till till ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 pull pull NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 40 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 43 mark _ _ 41 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 fixed _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 clapper clapper NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 53 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 55 advmod _ _ 54 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux _ _ 55 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ _ 56 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | fellow | the top | | last | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent top=Theme at last=Asset | | 2 | **pause** | past | fellow | | | | moment | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | fellow *not said here* | | | | | round fellow | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent round he=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | fellow | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **cower** | gerund | another headless man *not said here* | | | the bell top | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **wait** | gerund | another headless man *not said here* | | | | till Hans | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **seize** | should | another headless man | the bell pull | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pull=Theme | | 8 | **strike** | to-infinitive | another headless man *not said here* | fellow | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient blow=Result | | 9 | **make** | would · perfect · passive | | the clapper | | | | soon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary end=Product | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/27/) - ↑ back to [The Headless Dwarfs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/33/)