--- title: But the fifth Simon seized his bow and shot the swan, and the sixth… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the fifth Simon seized his bow and shot the swan, and the sixth Simon did not let it fall into the water but caught it in the ship, and the swan turned into a silver fish, but Simon lost no time and caught the fish, when, quick as thought, the fish turned into a black mouse and ran about the shi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/109/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/) / 109 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5, sentence 109 But the fifth Simon seized his bow and shot the swan, and the sixth Simon did not let it fall into the water but caught it in the ship, and the swan turned into a silver fish, but Simon lost no time and caught the fish, when, quick as thought, the fish turned into a black mouse and ran about the ship. **Who acts:** fifth Simon, sixth Simon, swan, Simon, fish · **What happens:** seize, shoot, not let, fall, catch, turn · **To what, where:** bow, swan, water, ship, fish, thought This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fifth Simon, sixth Simon, swan, Simon), 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:pg2435:5:109 # text = But the fifth Simon seized his bow and shot the swan, and the sixth Simon did not let it fall into the water but caught it in the ship, and the swan turned into a silver fish, but Simon lost no time and caught the fish, when, quick as thought, the fish turned into a black mouse and ran about the ship. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 fifth fifth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 sixth sixth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 54 as as ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl:relcl _ _ 60 into into ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 66 about about ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | the fifth Simon | Simon's bow | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | | 2 | **shoot** | past | the fifth Simon *not said here* | the swan | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swan=Theme | | 3 | **not** **let** | past · do-support | the sixth Simon | swan | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fall** | infinitive | swan *not said here* | | | | | into the water *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result | | 5 | **catch** | past | the fifth Simon *not said here* | swan | | the ship | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | past | the swan | | | | | into a silver fish *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fish=Result | | 7 | **lose** | past | Simon | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **catch** | past | the fifth Simon *not said here* | the fish | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme | | 9 | **turn** | past | the fish | thought *not said here* | | | | into a black mouse *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent thought=Theme into mouse=Result | | 10 | **run** | past | the fish *not said here* | | | | | about the ship | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about ship=Trajectory | 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/pg2435/5/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/110/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/)