--- title: As soon as Simon had gone to his work, he stood up and howled so tou… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as Simon had gone to his work, he stood up and howled so touchingly that Susan quickly opened the door, and said ‘Fly for your life, poor beast, before your master gets home.’ Who acts: Simon, Susan, master. 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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 (Simon, Susan, master), 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:pg7277:53:20 # text = As soon as Simon had gone to his work, he stood up and howled so touchingly that Susan quickly opened the door, and said ‘Fly for your life, poor beast, before your master gets home.’ 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 howled howl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 touchingly touchingly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 Susan Susan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 before before SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 40 home home ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | Simon | | | Simon's work | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to work=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **stand up** | past | Simon | | | | | soon *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **howl** | past | Simon *not said here* | | | | | touchingly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **open** | past | Susan | the door | | | | quickly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Simon *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **fly** | infinitive | | poor beast | | | | for your life | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **get** | present | your master | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **work** | | Simon | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/53/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/53/21/) - ↑ back to [The War of the Wolf and the Fox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/53/)