--- title: Stammering with rage, he ordered the youth to be brought before him,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Stammering with rage, he ordered the youth to be brought before him, and vowed that unless this miracle was accomplished he would have the prince dragged at a horse’s tail until he was dead. Who acts: king. 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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 (king), 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:pg2435:21:65 # text = Stammering with rage, he ordered the youth to be brought before him, and vowed that unless this miracle was accomplished he would have the prince dragged at a horse’s tail until he was dead. 1 Stammering stammer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 miracle miracle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 dragged drag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 until until SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stammer** *speech: other* | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | with rage | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **order** | past | king | the youth | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Theme | | 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive · passive | king *not said here* | the youth *not said here* | | | before king | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: before he=Destination | | 4 | **vow** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **accomplish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | this miracle | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **have** | would | king | the prince | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient | | 7 | **drag** | participle | | the prince *not said here* | | a horse's tail | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at tail=Location | | 8 | **is** | past | king | | | | | dead *property* | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/66/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)