--- title: As soon as it was evening, the prince washed away all signs of the f… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as it was evening, the prince washed away all signs of the fight, took his hawk upon his shoulder, and his pipes under his arm, and with his greyhounds in front and his flock following after him he set out for the city. Who acts: creature, prince, flock. 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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 (creature, prince, flock), 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:pg2435:8:98 # text = As soon as it was evening, the prince washed away all signs of the fight, took his hawk upon his shoulder, and his pipes under his arm, and with his greyhounds in front and his flock following after him he set out for the city. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 10 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 away away ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 28 under under ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 greyhounds greyhound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 41 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 42 after after ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | creature | | | | as evening | | tree rules | | 2 | **wash away** | participle | the prince *not said here* | all signs of the fight | | | | away *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Patient | | 3 | **take** | past | | | hold's hawk | | | upon hold's shoulder; hold's pipes under hold's arm *obl*; soon *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument hawk=Destination | | 4 | **follow** | gerund | hold's flock *not said here* | | | | after hold | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after he=Theme | | 5 | **set out** | past | hold's flock | | | | | with hold's greyhounds in front; for the city | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sign** | | | the fight | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/99/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/)