--- title: Full of wrath they ran to Simon’s house, and, refusing to listen to… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Full of wrath they ran to Simon’s house, and, refusing to listen to a word of explanation or excuse, they seized the old man and put him into a sack, meaning to drown him in the neighbouring river. Who acts: Full wrath, wives. 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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 (Full wrath, wives), 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:pg7277:26:94 # text = Full of wrath they ran to Simon’s house, and, refusing to listen to a word of explanation or excuse, they seized the old man and put him into a sack, meaning to drown him in the neighbouring river. 1 Full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 explanation explanation NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 drown drown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 amod _ _ 43 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | Full wrath | | | | | to Simon's house *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to house=Result | | 2 | **refuse** | gerund | wives *= wife* *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **listen** | to-infinitive | wives *= wife* *not said here* | | | | | to a word of explanation or excuse | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme | | 4 | **seize** | past | wives *= wife* | the old man | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | wives *= wife* *not said here* | | man | a sack | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | | 6 | **mean** | gerund | wives *= wife* *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **drown** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | wives *= wife* *not said here* | man | | the neighbouring river | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **word** | | | explanation or excuse | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/95/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/)