--- title: Immediately, to the horror of all who were looking on, the bees purs… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Immediately, to the horror of all who were looking on, the bees pursued them, and, growing suddenly to an enormous size, pounced each upon a maiden and carried her off into the air, and in an instant they were all lost to view. Who acts: bees, growing. 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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 (bees, growing), 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:pg7277:8:141 # text = Immediately, to the horror of all who were looking on, the bees pursued them, and, growing suddenly to an enormous size, pounced each upon a maiden and carried her off into the air, and in an instant they were all lost to view. 1 Immediately immediately ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 11 on on ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 csubj _ _ 21 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 enormous enormous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 27 pounced pounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 28 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 27 obj _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 off off ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 46 all all ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look on** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **pursue** | past | the bees | stings *= sting* | | the horror of all | | immediately *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme to horror=Trajectory | | 3 | **grow** | gerund | | | | | | to a enormous size; suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pounce** | past | growing | each | | | | upon a maiden | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location each=Theme | | 5 | **carry off** | past | the bees *not said here* | humming | | the air | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **lose** | past · passive | | bees *= bee* | | a instant | | to view; all *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/140/) - next →: [sentence 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/142/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)