--- title: The Yellow Dwarf, deeply enraged at these words, set spurs to his ca… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Yellow Dwarf, deeply enraged at these words, set spurs to his cat, which yelled horribly, and leaped hither and thither--terrifying everybody except the brave King, who pursued the Dwarf closely, till he, drawing a great knife with which he was armed, challenged the King to meet him in single co --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/53/) [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 Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/) / 53 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 2, sentence 53 The Yellow Dwarf, deeply enraged at these words, set spurs to his cat, which yelled horribly, and leaped hither and thither--terrifying everybody except the brave King, who pursued the Dwarf closely, till he, drawing a great knife with which he was armed, challenged the King to meet him in single combat, and rushed down into the courtyard of the palace with a terrible clatter. **Who acts:** cat, Yellow Dwarf, everybody, Dwarf · **What happens:** enrage, yell, leap, pursue, draw, be · **To what, where:** Yellow Dwarf, words, Dwarf, great knife, King, single combat This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cat, Yellow Dwarf, everybody, Dwarf), 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:pg503:6:53 # text = The Yellow Dwarf, deeply enraged at these words, set spurs to his cat, which yelled horribly, and leaped hither and thither--terrifying everybody except the brave King, who pursued the Dwarf closely, till he, drawing a great knife with which he was armed, challenged the King to meet him in single combat, and rushed down into the courtyard of the palace with a terrible clatter. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 enraged enrage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 set set ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 spurs spur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 yelled yell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 horribly horribly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 hither hither ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 thither thither ADV RB _ 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 terrifying terrifying ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 35 nsubj _ _ 29 except except ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 closely closely ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 till till SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obl _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 challenged challenge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 combat combat NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 65 down down ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 66 into into ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 72 with with ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 clatter clatter NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enrage** | participle | | the Yellow Dwarf *not said here* | | this words and set spurs to Dwarf's cat | | deeply *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | Dwarf's cat | | | | | horribly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **leap** | past | the Yellow Dwarf | | | | | hither *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pursue** | past | everybody | the Dwarf | | | | closely *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Theme | | 5 | **draw** | gerund | Dwarf | a great knife | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | Dwarf | | | | | with a great knife; armed *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **challenge** | past | | the King | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **meet** | to-infinitive | | King | | single combat | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 9 | **rush down** | past | | | | | | into the courtyard of the palace with a terrible clatter *result*; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into courtyard=Result | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/54/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/)