--- title: One of the sons sprang forward to stop it, for Ball-Carrier had ofte… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One of the sons sprang forward to stop it, for Ball-Carrier had often told them the tale of how it had helped him to cross the river, but it was too quick for him, and they had to content themselves with the war club and bow and arrows, which were put carefully away. 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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 (One sons, glimpse, sons), 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:pg3282:7:110 # text = One of the sons sprang forward to stop it, for Ball-Carrier had often told them the tale of how it had helped him to cross the river, but it was too quick for him, and they had to content themselves with the war club and bow and arrows, which were put carefully away. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sprang sprang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 forward forward ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 Ball Ball PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Carrier Carrier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 often often ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 too too ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 content content VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 conj _ _ 58 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 away away ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprang** | present | the One sons | | | | | forward *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | the One sons *not said here* | glimpse | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | | the tale | sons *= son* | | | for Ball Carrier; often *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient tale=Topic | | 4 | **help** | past · perfect · passive | | glimpse | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cross** | to-infinitive | | the river | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | glimpse | | | | | for Carrier; quick *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past | sons *= son* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **content** | to-infinitive | sons *= son* *not said here* | sons *= son* | | | | with the war club and bow and arrows | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer | | 9 | **put** | past · passive | | the war club and bow and arrows | | | | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/109/) - next →: [The Brown Fairy Book, part 8, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/1/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/)