--- title: In an instant he had fitted an arrow to his bow, and was taking aim… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In an instant he had fitted an arrow to his bow, and was taking aim at the bird, thinking what a good meal he would make off him, when his weapon fell to the ground at the sound of the pigeon’s voice: Who acts: prince, good meal, weapon. 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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, good meal, weapon), 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:pg2435:20:98 # text = In an instant he had fitted an arrow to his bow, and was taking aim at the bird, thinking what a good meal he would make off him, when his weapon fell to the ground at the sound of the pigeon’s voice: 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 fitted fit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to 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 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 16 aim aim NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 obj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 29 off off ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 weapon weapon NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’s 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fit** | past · perfect | prince | a arrow | | a instant | | to prince's bow *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent arrow=Patient to bow=Goal | | 2 | **take** | past · progressive | prince *not said here* | aim | | | | at the bird | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent aim=Theme at bird=Asset | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **make off** | would | a good meal | prince | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary he=Product | | 5 | **fall** | past | prince's weapon | | | the sound of the pigeon's voice | | to the ground | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at sound=Location | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/99/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/)