--- title: Instantly the spirit left the room, but in another instant he return… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Instantly the spirit left the room, but in another instant he returned with a barrel on his back, and poured its contents over the flower; and again and again he went and came, and poured more and more water, till the floor of the room was ankle-deep. Who acts: spirit, flower, room. 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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 (spirit, flower, room), 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:pg7439:18:22 # text = Instantly the spirit left the room, but in another instant he returned with a barrel on his back, and poured its contents over the flower; and again and again he went and came, and poured more and more water, till the floor of the room was ankle-deep. 1 Instantly instantly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 barrel barrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 contents contents NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 22 obj _ _ 25 over over ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 again again ADV RB _ 30 conj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 40 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 amod _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 till till ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 52 ankle ankle NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | the spirit | the room | | | | instantly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | | 2 | **return** | past | spirit | | | another instant | | with a barrel; on spirit's back | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pour** | past | | back's contents | | the flower | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contents=Patient | | 4 | **go** | past | flower | | | | again | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | flower *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **pour** | past | | | | | till the floor | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 7 | **is** | past | the room | | | | | of ankle | tree rules | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/18/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/18/23/) - ↑ back to [The Master and His Pupil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/18/)