--- title: He stood on the stairs, and when the North Wind came howling and roa… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He stood on the stairs, and when the North Wind came howling and roaring, and caught the roof and walls of the castle till they shook again, the Prince went out to see what was the matter; but as soon as he came the King took him by the neck and flung him out, and then the North Wind laid hold of hi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/82/) [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 Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Three Princesses of Whiteland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/) / 82 # The Red Fairy Book, The Three Princesses of Whiteland, sentence 82 He stood on the stairs, and when the North Wind came howling and roaring, and caught the roof and walls of the castle till they shook again, the Prince went out to see what was the matter; but as soon as he came the King took him by the neck and flung him out, and then the North Wind laid hold of him and carried him off. **Who acts:** Wind, North Wind, roof, Prince, King · **What happens:** stand, come, howl, roar, catch, shook · **To what, where:** stairs, roof, Wind, hold, King This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Princesses of Whiteland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wind, North Wind, roof, Prince), 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:pg540:26:82 # text = He stood on the stairs, and when the North Wind came howling and roaring, and caught the roof and walls of the castle till they shook again, the Prince went out to see what was the matter; but as soon as he came the King took him by the neck and flung him out, and then the North Wind laid hold of him and carried him off. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 howling howl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 roaring roar VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 till till SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 shook shook VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 out out ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 obj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 out out ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 61 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 65 advmod _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 64 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 65 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ _ 66 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nmod _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 conj _ _ 71 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ _ 72 off off ADP RP _ 70 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Wind | | | the stairs | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stair=Location | | 2 | **come** | past | the North Wind | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **howl** | gerund | the North Wind *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **roar** | gerund | the North Wind *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **catch** | past | | the roof and walls of the castle | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Theme | | 6 | **shook** | present | roof | | | | again | | tree rules | | 7 | **go out** | past | the Prince | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 9 | **come** | past | Wind | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **take** | past | the King | | Wind | | | by the neck | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 11 | **fling out** | past | the King *not said here* | Wind | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 12 | **lay** | past | the North Wind | hold of King | | | then | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Result | | 13 | **carry off** | past | the North Wind *not said here* | Wind | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 14 | **hold** | | | King | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/83/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princesses of Whiteland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/)