--- title: Straightway we charged each other, and though I fought my best, he s… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Straightway we charged each other, and though I fought my best, he soon overcame me, and I was thrown to the ground, while the knight seized the bridle of my horse, and rode away with it, leaving me where I was, without even despoiling me of my armour. Who acts: Straightway, I, knight. 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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 (Straightway, I, knight), 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:pg3454:30:59 # text = Straightway we charged each other, and though I fought my best, he soon overcame me, and I was thrown to the ground, while the knight seized the bridle of my horse, and rode away with it, leaving me where I was, without even despoiling me of my armour. 1 Straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 charged charge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 3 obj _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 though though SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 16 overcame overcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 while while SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 51 advmod _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 without without SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 even even ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 despoiling despoil VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 conj _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | past | Straightway | each | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location each=Theme | | 2 | **fight** | past | I | my best | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Co-Agent | | 3 | **overcome** | past | Straightway | me | | | | soon *property* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme | | 4 | **throw** | past · passive | | I | | the ground | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme to ground=Destination | | 5 | **seize** | past | the knight | the bridle of my horse | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridle=Theme | | 6 | **ride away** | past | Straightway *not said here* | | | | | with bridle; away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **leave** | gerund | Straightway *not said here* | me | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **despoil** | past · progressive | I | me | | | | of my armour | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Source of armour=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/30/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/30/60/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/30/)