--- title: As soon as he caught sight of the three from far off he took his shi… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as he caught sight of the three from far off he took his shining shield from his shoulders, and held it up like a mirror, so that he saw the Dreadful Women reflected in it, and did not see the Terrible Head itself. Who acts: boy, Dreadful Women. 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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, Dreadful Women), 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:pg503:27:84 # text = As soon as he caught sight of the three from far off he took his shining shield from his shoulders, and held it up like a mirror, so that he saw the Dreadful Women reflected in it, and did not see the Terrible Head itself. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 12 off off ADP IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 26 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 33 mark _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 reflected reflect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 Terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 Head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 47 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | boy | sight of the three | | | | soon *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sight=Theme from far=Source | | 2 | **take** | past | boy | boy's shining shield | | boy's shoulders | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent shield=Theme from shoulder=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hold up** | past | boy *not said here* | shield | | | | like a mirror | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | boy | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **reflect** | past | the Dreadful Women | | | mirror | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | boy *not said here* | the Terrible Head Head | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/85/) - ↑ back to [The Terrible Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/)