--- title: The sight and the sound struck terror into the king, and, turning hi… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The sight and the sound struck terror into the king, and, turning his horse, he fled at top speed, thinking that a regiment of yelling giants was upon him; and all his force followed him as fast as they might go. Who acts: sight, regiment, force, hoofs. 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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 (sight, regiment, force, hoofs), 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:pg3454:16:38 # text = The sight and the sound struck terror into the king, and, turning his horse, he fled at top speed, thinking that a regiment of yelling giants was upon him; and all his force followed him as fast as they might go. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 regiment regiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 yelling yell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 amod _ _ 30 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 upon upon ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 as as ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | the sight and the sound | terror | | | | into the king *result* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent terror=Patient into king=Result | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | the sight and the sound *not said here* | king's horse | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme horse=Result | | 3 | **flee** | past | sight | | | top speed | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | sight *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | a regiment of yelling giants | | | | | upon king | tree rules | | 7 | **follow** | past | king's force | king | | | | fast *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **go** | might | hoofs *= hoof* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/39/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/)