--- title: But they did not know how quickly Death could fly, and the prince ha… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But they did not know how quickly Death could fly, and the prince had only one foot across the border, when he felt the other grasped from behind, and the voice of Death calling: “Halt! now you are mine.” Who acts: eagles, Death, prince, other. 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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 (eagles, Death, prince, other), 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:pg2435:19:88 # text = But they did not know how quickly Death could fly, and the prince had only one foot across the border, when he felt the other grasped from behind, and the voice of Death calling: “Halt! now you are mine.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 7 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 16 only only ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 across across ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obj _ _ 28 grasped grasp VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 xcomp _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 behind behind ADV RB _ 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Halt halt NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ 42 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | eagles *= eagle* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **fly** | could | Death | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | the prince | one foot | | the border | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | | 4 | **feel** | past | prince | the other | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **grasp** | participle | the other *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **call** *speech: express* | gerund | the voice of Death | Halt | | | now | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent halt=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | the voice of Death *= voice* | | | | | 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:** «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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/89/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/)