--- title: Then the boy would try his strength with the rest, but he threw the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the boy would try his strength with the rest, but he threw the quoit so far that it went beyond what had ever been thrown before, and fell in the crowd, striking a man so that he died. Who acts: boy, quoit. 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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 (boy, quoit), 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:pg503:27:125 # text = Then the boy would try his strength with the rest, but he threw the quoit so far that it went beyond what had ever been thrown before, and fell in the crowd, striking a man so that he died. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 quoit quoit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 22 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 27 advmod _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 before before ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | would | the boy | boy's strength | | | then | with the rest | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent strength=Patient with rest=Theme | | 2 | **throw** | past | boy | the quoit | | | | far *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quoit=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | quoit | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beyond what=Location | | 4 | **throw** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | ever | before *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 5 | **fall** | past | boy *not said here* | | | the crowd | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in crowd=Location | | 6 | **strike** | gerund | boy *not said here* | a man | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent man=Instrument | | 7 | **die** | past | boy | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/126/) - ↑ back to [The Terrible Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/)