--- title: However, he shrank from the idea of murder, so he contented himself… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, he shrank from the idea of murder, so he contented himself with placing the dagger in his own belt, and, saddling Omar’s swift horse for himself, was many miles away before the prince woke up to realise his losses. Who acts: Labakan, prince. 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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 (Labakan, prince), 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:pg2435:34:61 # text = However, he shrank from the idea of murder, so he contented himself with placing the dagger in his own belt, and, saddling Omar’s swift horse for himself, was many miles away before the prince woke up to realise his losses. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shrank shrink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 contented content VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 with with SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 placing place VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 dagger dagger NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 saddling saddle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 27 Omar Omar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 before before SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 realise realise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 losses loss NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shrink** | past | Labakan | | | | | from the idea of murder; however *property* | vn flinch-40.5 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer from idea=Stimulus | | 2 | **content** | past | Labakan | Labakan | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 3 | **place** | gerund | Labakan *not said here* | the dagger | | Labakan's own belt | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dagger=Theme in belt=Destination | | 4 | **saddle** | gerund | Labakan *not said here* | | Omar's swift horse | | | for Labakan | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | many miles *obl:unmarked*; away *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **wake up** | past | the prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **realise** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | Labakan's losses | | | | | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/62/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/)