--- title: Night and day he ran, till at length he reached the place where the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Night and day he ran, till at length he reached the place where the king’s son had pitched his tent, and sank down before him, a miserable object, worn out and covered with mud and dust. 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:pg2435:38:4 # text = Night and day he ran, till at length he reached the place where the king’s son had pitched his tent, and sank down before him, a miserable object, worn out and covered with mud and dust. 1 Night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 till till SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 pitched pitch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 before before ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | king | | | | night | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reach** | past | king | the place | | length | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent place=Theme at length=Asset | | 3 | **pitch** | past · perfect · passive | | the king's son | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination tent=Theme | | 4 | **sink down** | past | king *not said here* | a miserable object | | | before king | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **wear out** | participle | | a miserable object *not said here* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cover** | participle | | | | | | with mud and dust | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mud=Theme | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/5/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/38/)