The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 89

The prince did not try to stop them; he only placed his hawk on the branch of a tree, laid his pipes on the grass, and bade the greyhounds sit still; then, rolling up his sleeves and trousers, he waded into the water crying as he did so: “Dragon! dragon! if you are not a coward, come out and fight with me!”

Who acts: prince, emperor, greyhounds, you · What happens: not try, stop, place, lay, sit, roll up · To what, where: Prince, hawk, branch, pipes, grass, bade · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, emperor, greyhounds, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prince	det
2	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 try	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 try	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 try	advmod
5	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 try	xcomp
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stop	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 placed	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 placed	nsubj
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 placed	advmod
12	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 try	parataxis
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hawk	nmod:poss
14	hawk	hawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 placed	obj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 branch	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 branch	det
17	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 placed	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 tree	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 tree	det
20	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 branch	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 laid	punct
22	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 placed	conj
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 pipes	nmod:poss
24	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 laid	obj
25	on	on	ADP	_	27 grass	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 grass	det
27	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 laid	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 sit	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 sit	cc
30	bade	bade	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 sit	obl
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 greyhounds	det
32	greyhounds	greyhound	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 sit	nsubj
33	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 try	parataxis
34	still	still	ADV	_	33 sit	advmod
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 rolling	punct
36	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	38 rolling	advmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 rolling	punct
38	rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 try	advcl
39	up	up	ADP	_	38 rolling	compound:prt
40	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 sleeves	nmod:poss
41	sleeves	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 rolling	obj
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 trousers	cc
43	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 sleeves	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 waded	punct
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 waded	nsubj
46	waded	wade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 rolling	conj
47	into	into	ADP	_	49 water	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 water	det
49	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 waded	obl
50	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 waded	advcl
51	as	as	SCONJ	_	53 did	mark
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 did	nsubj
53	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 crying	ccomp
54	so	so	ADV	_	53 did	advmod
55	:	:	PUNCT	_	57 Dragon	punct
56	“	"	PUNCT	_	57 Dragon	punct
57	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 dragon	compound
58	!	!	PUNCT	_	57 Dragon	punct
59	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 try	parataxis
60	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 try	punct
61	if	if	SCONJ	_	66 coward	mark
62	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	66 coward	nsubj
63	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	66 coward	cop
64	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	66 coward	advmod
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 coward	det
66	coward	coward	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 try	xcomp
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 come	punct
68	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 try	parataxis
69	out	out	ADV	_	68 come	advmod
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 fight	cc
71	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 come	conj
72	with	with	ADP	_	73 me	case
73	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	71 fight	obl
74	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 try	punct
75	”	"	PUNCT	_	5 try	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not try	past · do-support	the prince					vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	the prince not said here	Prince				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality
3	place	past	emperor	emperor's hawk	the branch of a tree			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hawk=Theme on branch=Destination
4	lay	past	emperor not said here	emperor's pipes	the grass			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme on grass=Destination
5	sit	present	the greyhounds	bade		still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	roll up	gerund	the prince not said here	emperor's sleeves and trousers		then		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleeve=Agent
7	wade	past	emperor		the water			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Destination
8	cry speech: express	gerund	emperor not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	do	past	emperor					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	not is a a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you	a coward				tree rules
11	come out in a quote	infinitive					out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
12	fight in a quote	infinitive					with emperor	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with i=Co-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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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