--- title: He took it down, and buckling it round his waist, as he had seen the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He took it down, and buckling it round his waist, as he had seen the prince do, swung himself down again, and mounting on the backs of his two companions, hastened to his master. Who acts: monkey. 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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 (monkey), 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:pg2435:15:48 # text = He took it down, and buckling it round his waist, as he had seen the prince do, swung himself down again, and mounting on the backs of his two companions, hastened to his master. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 buckling buckle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 round round ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 swung swung VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 again again ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 mounting mount VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 backs back NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take down** | past | monkey | sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **buckle** | gerund | monkey *not said here* | sword | | | | round monkey's waist | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | monkey | the prince | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 4 | **swung down** | infinitive · do-support | | monkey | | | again | | tree rules | | 5 | **mount** | gerund | monkey *not said here* | | | the backs of monkey's two companions | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on back=Destination | | 6 | **hasten** | participle | | monkey's two companions *not said here* | | monkey's master | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to master=Destination | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/49/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/)