--- title: He was just putting me into the menagerie when I happened to catch s… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was just putting me into the menagerie when I happened to catch sight of a dog, and was seized with such terror that I fled away at my utmost speed, and escaped through the outer court of the castle. Who acts: Giant, I. 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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 (Giant, I), 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:pg7277:38:86 # text = He was just putting me into the menagerie when I happened to catch sight of a dog, and was seized with such terror that I fled away at my utmost speed, and escaped through the outer court of the castle. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 menagerie menagerie NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 away away ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 36 through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past · progressive | Giant | | me | the menagerie | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent i=Goal | | 2 | **happen** | past | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **catch** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | sight of a dog | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 4 | **seize** | past · passive | I *not said here* | | | | | with such terror | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **flee away** | past | I | such terror | | my utmost speed | | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **escape** | past | I *not said here* | | | the outer court of the castle | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through court=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **sight** | | | a dog | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/87/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)