--- title: He had not been there long when his father arrived and took up his p… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He had not been there long when his father arrived and took up his place near the middle of the bridge, and soon after the king came by, followed by a troop of guards and all his court. Who acts: Tanuki, father, 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 (Tanuki, father, 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:pg2435:32:52 # text = He had not been there long when his father arrived and took up his place near the middle of the bridge, and soon after the king came by, followed by a troop of guards and all his court. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 near near ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 25 after after ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Tanuki | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | participle | | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **arrive** | past | Tanuki's father | | | | | long *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take up** | past | Tanuki's father *not said here* | Tanuki's place | | the middle of the bridge | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 5 | **come by** | past | the king | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **follow** | participle | the king *not said here* | | | | | by a troop of guards and Tanuki's court | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by troop=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/53/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/32/)