--- title: Of course all his attendants followed at the best speed that they co… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Of course all his attendants followed at the best speed that they could manage; but the king was so splendidly mounted, and the stag was so swift, that, at the end of an hour, the king found that only his favourite hound and himself were in the chase; all the rest were far, far behind and out of sig --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/9/) [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 Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronge…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/) / 9 # The Brown Fairy Book, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, sentence 9 Of course all his attendants followed at the best speed that they could manage; but the king was so splendidly mounted, and the stag was so swift, that, at the end of an hour, the king found that only his favourite hound and himself were in the chase; all the rest were far, far behind and out of sight. **Who acts:** attendants, best speed, stag, king, favourite hound, rest · **What happens:** follow, manage, mount, be, find · **To what, where:** best speed, king, end, chase · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (attendants, best speed, stag, 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:pg3282:33:9 # text = Of course all his attendants followed at the best speed that they could manage; but the king was so splendidly mounted, and the stag was so swift, that, at the end of an hour, the king found that only his favourite hound and himself were in the chase; all the rest were far, far behind and out of sight. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 splendidly splendidly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 swift swift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 44 only only ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 47 conj _ _ 50 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 55 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 57 det:predet _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 58 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 59 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 61 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 62 advmod _ _ 62 behind behind ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 out out ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past | king's attendants | | | the best speed | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at speed=Location | | 2 | **manage** | could | the best speed | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mount** | past · passive | | the king | | | at the end of a hour | splendidly *property* | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at end=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | the stag | | | | | that *obl*; swift *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | past | the king | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | king's favourite hound | | | the chase | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | all rest | | | | | behind, far *property* | tree rules | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/10/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)