--- title: Soon the ogre appeared, looking right and left lest his prey should… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Soon the ogre appeared, looking right and left lest his prey should be sheltering behind a rock or tree, but he did not know Halfman was so near till he heard his voice calling, ‘Come up! come up! you will find me here!’ Who acts: ogre, prey, Halfman, you. 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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 (ogre, prey, Halfman, you), 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:pg641:41:97 # text = Soon the ogre appeared, looking right and left lest his prey should be sheltering behind a rock or tree, but he did not know Halfman was so near till he heard his voice calling, ‘Come up! come up! you will find me here!’ 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 right right ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 sheltering shelter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 16 behind behind ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 27 Halfman Halfman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 near near ADV RB _ 26 ccomp _ _ 31 till till SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 40 up up ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 43 up up ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | the ogre | | | | | soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look** | gerund | the ogre *not said here* | | | | | right *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **leave** | past | the ogre *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **shelter** | should · progressive | ogre's prey | | | a rock or tree | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind rock=Location | | 5 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | prey | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | past | Halfman | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **hear** | past | Halfman | Halfman's voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 8 | **call** *speech: assert* | gerund | Halfman *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **come up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **come up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **find** | future | you | me | | here | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Topic | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/41/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/41/98/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Halfman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/41/)