--- title: But instead of that, he only rounded the next point and landed safe… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But instead of that, he only rounded the next point and landed safe and sound in Budle Creek, and then, with sword drawn and bow bent, rushed up followed by his men, to fight the terrible Worm that had kept him from landing. Who acts: Childe. 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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 (Childe), 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:pg7439:39:36 # text = But instead of that, he only rounded the next point and landed safe and sound in Budle Creek, and then, with sword drawn and bow bent, rushed up followed by his men, to fight the terrible Worm that had kept him from landing. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 rounded round VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 Budle Budle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Creek Creek PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 26 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 bow bow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Worm worm NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 landing landing NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **round** | past | Childe | the next point | | | | instead that; with sword | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent point=Patient with sword=Instrument | | 2 | **land** | past | Childe *not said here* | | | Budle Creek | | safe *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in creek=Destination | | 3 | **draw** | participle | | sword *not said here* | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bend** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V» | | 5 | **rush up** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **follow** | participle | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **fight** | to-infinitive | Childe *not said here* | the terrible Worm | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worm=Co-Agent | | 8 | **keep** | past · perfect · passive | | the terrible Worm | | landing | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme he=Attribute | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/39/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/39/37/) - ↑ back to [The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/39/)