--- title: When he escaped from the house he ran on straight before him for som… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he escaped from the house he ran on straight before him for some time, looking for a safe shelter, as he knew that the ogre’s legs were much longer than his, and that it was his only chance. Who acts: Halfman, legs, shelter. 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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 (Halfman, legs, shelter), 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:pg641:41:95 # text = When he escaped from the house he ran on straight before him for some time, looking for a safe shelter, as he knew that the ogre’s legs were much longer than his, and that it was his only chance. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 on on ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 straight straight ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 much much ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 25 advmod _ _ 34 than than ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | past | Halfman | | | the house | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from house=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **run on** | past | Halfman | | | | before ogre; time | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Trajectory | | 3 | **look** | gerund | Halfman *not said here* | | | | | for a safe shelter | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shelter=Theme | | 4 | **know** | past | Halfman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | the ogre's legs | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | shelter | | | | | than Halfman's only chance | tree rules | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/41/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/41/96/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Halfman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/41/)