--- title: So he collected a great army and set off to fight them, leaving the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he collected a great army and set off to fight them, leaving the Princesses with their governess in a castle where news of the war was brought every day--sometimes that the King had taken a town, or won a battle, and, at last, that he had altogether overcome his enemies and chased them out of his --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/) / 4 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 4 So he collected a great army and set off to fight them, leaving the Princesses with their governess in a castle where news of the war was brought every day--sometimes that the King had taken a town, or won a battle, and, at last, that he had altogether overcome his enemies and chased them out of his kingdom, and was coming back to the castle as quickly as possible, to see his dear little Miranda whom he loved so much. **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** collect, set off, fight, leave, bring, take · **To what, where:** great army, neighbors, Princesses, news, town, battle This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king), 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:pg503:30:4 # text = So he collected a great army and set off to fight them, leaving the Princesses with their governess in a castle where news of the war was brought every day--sometimes that the King had taken a town, or won a battle, and, at last, that he had altogether overcome his enemies and chased them out of his kingdom, and was coming back to the castle as quickly as possible, to see his dear little Miranda whom he loved so much. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 collected collect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 governess governess NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 24 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 38 advmod _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 overcome overcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 parataxis _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 61 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 out out ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 70 back back ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 71 to to ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 74 as as ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 75 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 76 as as SCONJ IN _ 77 mark _ _ 77 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 79 to to PART TO _ 80 mark _ _ 80 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 advcl _ _ 81 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 84 nmod:poss _ _ 82 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 84 amod _ _ 83 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 84 amod _ _ 84 Miranda Miranda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 obj _ _ 85 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 87 obj _ _ 86 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 87 nsubj _ _ 87 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 conj _ _ 88 so so ADV RB _ 89 advmod _ _ 89 much much ADV RB _ 87 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 90 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **collect** | past | king | a great army | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Theme | | 2 | **set off** | infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fight** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | neighbors *= neighbor* | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 4 | **leave** | gerund | king *not said here* | | the Princesses | | | with neighbors's governess in a castle | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient with governess=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | past · passive | | news of the war | | | day | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **take** | past · perfect | the King | a town | | | | sometimes *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme | | 7 | **win** | past | king *not said here* | a battle | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality | | 8 | **overcome** | past · perfect | king | king's enemies | | | | altogether *property* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot enemy=Theme | | 9 | **chase** | past | king *not said here* | neighbors *= neighbor* | | king's kingdom | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out kingdom=Trajectory | | 10 | **come back** | past · progressive | king *not said here* | | | the castle | | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **see** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | king's dear little Miranda | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer miranda=Stimulus | | 12 | **love** | past | king | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/5/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/)