--- title: Shouts went up from the lookers-on, as first one and then the other… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Shouts went up from the lookers-on, as first one and then the other seemed gaining the victory; but at length Rosald planted his spear in the armour which covered his adversary’s breast and bore him steadily backward. Who acts: Shouts, first one, armour. 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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 (Shouts, first one, armour), 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:pg3282:13:25 # text = Shouts went up from the lookers-on, as first one and then the other seemed gaining the victory; but at length Rosald planted his spear in the armour which covered his adversary’s breast and bore him steadily backward. 1 Shouts shout NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lookers looker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 on on ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 11 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 17 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 gaining gain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 xcomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 25 Rosald Rosald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 26 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 adversary adversary NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 steadily steadily ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 backward backward ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go up** | past | Shouts | | | the lookers | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **seem** | past | first one | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **gain** | gerund | first one *not said here* | the victory | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Theme | | 4 | **plant** | past | | Rosald's spear | | length | | in the armour | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spear=Theme at length=Destination | | 5 | **cover** | past | the armour | Rosald's adversary's breast | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme breast=Destination | | 6 | **bear** | past | | Rosald | | | | backward *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/26/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/)