--- title: The guards came in, threw the hat and cloak, knapsack and stick all… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The guards came in, threw the hat and cloak, knapsack and stick all down the well together, watched to see how they put out the light at the bottom and came away, thinking that now there really was an end of the shepherd. Who acts: guards. 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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 (guards), 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:pg2435:3:109 # text = The guards came in, threw the hat and cloak, knapsack and stick all down the well together, watched to see how they put out the light at the bottom and came away, thinking that now there really was an end of the shepherd. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 knapsack knapsack NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 stick stick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 all all ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 16 down down ADP IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 19 together together ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 ccomp _ _ 41 really really ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** | past | the guards | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **throw** | past | | the hat and cloak and knapsack | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme | | 3 | **stick** | infinitive | | | | | | together *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **watch** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **put out** | past | guards *= guard* | the light | | the bottom | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent light=Theme at bottom=Destination | | 7 | **come away** | past | | | | | | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** | past | | a end | | | | of the shepherd | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/110/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/)