--- title: But matters turned out very differently from what he had expected, f… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But matters turned out very differently from what he had expected, for when they had got a certain distance from the town Jack tore all the Princess’s smart clothes off her, and pricked her all over with his bristles, saying: ‘That’s what you get for treachery. 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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 (matters, certain distance, 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:pg7277:48:59 # text = But matters turned out very differently from what he had expected, for when they had got a certain distance from the town Jack tore all the Princess’s smart clothes off her, and pricked her all over with his bristles, saying: ‘That’s what you get for treachery. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 differently differently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 25 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 25 obj _ _ 32 off off ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 pricked prick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 all all ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 over over ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 bristles bristle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 46 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ _ 49 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 51 obj _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 ccomp _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 treachery treachery NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn out** | past | matters | | | | | differently *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **expect** | past · perfect · passive | | King | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **get** | past · perfect | matters *= matter* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **tore** | past | a certain distance from the town | the Princess's smart clothes | | | | off Princess | tree rules | | 5 | **prick** | past | matters *not said here* | distance | | | | with King's bristles; over *property* | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with bristle=Instrument | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | matters *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **get** | present | you | | | | | for treachery | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent what=Theme for treachery=Source | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/60/) - ↑ back to [Jack My Hedgehog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/)