--- title: So when the gaoler came with soldiers, and carried them down into a… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So when the gaoler came with soldiers, and carried them down into a black dungeon which swarmed with toads and bats, and where they were up to their necks in water, nobody could have been more surprised and dismayed than they were. Who acts: gaoler, black dungeon, nobody, soldiers. 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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 (gaoler, black dungeon, nobody, soldiers), 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:pg540:11:187 # text = So when the gaoler came with soldiers, and carried them down into a black dungeon which swarmed with toads and bats, and where they were up to their necks in water, nobody could have been more surprised and dismayed than they were. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gaoler gaoler NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 swarmed swarm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 toads toad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 necks neck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 40 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 37 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 cop _ _ 39 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 40 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 dismayed dismay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 43 than than SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the gaoler | | | | | with soldiers | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **carry down** | past | the gaoler *not said here* | soldiers *= soldier* | | a black dungeon | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **swarm** | past | a black dungeon | | | | | with toads and bats | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with toad=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | water | | to soldiers's necks | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | could · perfect | nobody | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **dismay** | past | the gaoler *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **be** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 186](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/186/) - next →: [sentence 188](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/188/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)