--- title: It was the moment for which the Knight of the Fish had watched and w… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was the moment for which the Knight of the Fish had watched and waited, and before the dragon could find out that he was not hurt at all, the young man’s lance was down his throat, and he was rolling, dead, on the grass. Who acts: mirror, dragon. 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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 (mirror, dragon), 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:pg3282:37:111 # text = It was the moment for which the Knight of the Fish had watched and waited, and before the dragon could find out that he was not hurt at all, the young man’s lance was down his throat, and he was rolling, dead, on the grass. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Fish Fish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 watched watch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 before before ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 rolling roll VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | mirror | the moment and the young man's lance and dragon's throat | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **watch** | past · perfect · passive | | the Knight of the Fish | | | for the moment and the young man's lance and dragon's throat | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location for which=Theme | | 3 | **wait** | past | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **find out** | could | | | | | before the dragon | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **hurt** | past · passive | | dragon | | all | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **roll** | past · progressive | dragon | | | the grass | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grass=Trajectory | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/112/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)