--- title: The prince fitted an arrow into his bow and took his aim, but, befor… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince fitted an arrow into his bow and took his aim, but, before he could let fly, another ray of light dazzled him; so brilliant was it, that his bow dropped, and he covered his face with his hands. Who acts: prince, ray, bow. 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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 (prince, ray, bow), 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:pg2435:10:30 # text = The prince fitted an arrow into his bow and took his aim, but, before he could let fly, another ray of light dazzled him; so brilliant was it, that his bow dropped, and he covered his face with his hands. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fitted fit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 aim aim NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 before before SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 20 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 ray ray NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 dazzled dazzle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 brilliant brilliant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fit** | past | the prince | a arrow | | prince's bow | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme into bow=Destination | | 2 | **take** | past | the prince *not said here* | prince's aim | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aim=Theme | | 3 | **let** | could | prince | fly | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme | | 4 | **dazzle** | past | another ray of light | fly | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | past | | light | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **drop** | past | prince's bow | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cover** | past | bow | prince's face | | | | with prince's hands | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent face=Destination with hand=Theme | | 8 | **aim** | | prince | | | | | | nom aim «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **ray** | | | light | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/31/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/)