--- title: And he began to smash the drinking vessels in his fury; indeed, he q… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And he began to smash the drinking vessels in his fury; indeed, he quite frightened the young man, who ran hastily home to his friends, and told the youth what the king had said. Who acts: prince, young man, 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 (prince, young man, 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:pg3282:25:49 # text = And he began to smash the drinking vessels in his fury; indeed, he quite frightened the young man, who ran hastily home to his friends, and told the youth what the king had said. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 smash smash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 drinking drinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 13 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 quite quite ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 home home ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | prince | | | | | indeed *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **smash** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | the drinking vessels | | prince's fury | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme in fury=Destination | | 3 | **frighten** | past | prince | the young man | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus man=Experiencer | | 4 | **run** | past | the young man | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | prince *not said here* | the youth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 7 | **infuriate** | | prince | | | | | | nom fury «feeling transitive»: poss=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 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/50/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/)