--- title: The prince did not try to stop them; he only placed his hawk on the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince did not try to stop them; he only placed his hawk on the branch of a tree, laid his pipes on the grass, and bade the greyhounds sit still; then, rolling up his sleeves and trousers, he waded into the water crying as he did so: “Dragon! dragon! if you are not a coward, come out and fight w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/89/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/) / 89 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 89 The prince did not try to stop them; he only placed his hawk on the branch of a tree, laid his pipes on the grass, and bade the greyhounds sit still; then, rolling up his sleeves and trousers, he waded into the water crying as he did so: “Dragon! dragon! if you are not a coward, come out and fight with me!” **Who acts:** prince, emperor, greyhounds, you · **What happens:** not try, stop, place, lay, sit, roll up · **To what, where:** Prince, hawk, branch, pipes, grass, bade · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, emperor, greyhounds, you), 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:pg2435:8:89 # text = The prince did not try to stop them; he only placed his hawk on the branch of a tree, laid his pipes on the grass, and bade the greyhounds sit still; then, rolling up his sleeves and trousers, he waded into the water crying as he did so: “Dragon! dragon! if you are not a coward, come out and fight with me!” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 greyhounds greyhound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 34 still still ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 rolling roll VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 sleeves sleeve NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 trousers trousers NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 waded wade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 56 “ " PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ! ! PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ _ 59 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 61 if if SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 63 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 64 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 66 advmod _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 coward coward NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 69 out out ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 conj _ _ 72 with with ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **try** | past · do-support | the prince | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality | | 3 | **place** | past | emperor | emperor's hawk | | the branch of a tree | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hawk=Theme on branch=Destination | | 4 | **lay** | past | emperor *not said here* | emperor's pipes | | the grass | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme on grass=Destination | | 5 | **sit** | present | the greyhounds | bade | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **roll up** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | emperor's sleeves and trousers | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleeve=Agent | | 7 | **wade** | past | emperor | | | the water | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Destination | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | emperor *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **do** | past | emperor | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **not** **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | a coward | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **come out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 12 | **fight** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | with emperor | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with i=Co-Agent | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/90/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/)