--- title: Then she took the King’s dagger, which was in a diamond sheath, and… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she took the King’s dagger, which was in a diamond sheath, and the Queen’s neck-handkerchief, and gave her hand to Fanfaronade, who carried a lantern, and they ran out together into the muddy street and down to the sea-shore. Who acts: Princess, dagger, Fanfaronade. 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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 (Princess, dagger, Fanfaronade), 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:pg540:4:15 # text = Then she took the King’s dagger, which was in a diamond sheath, and the Queen’s neck-handkerchief, and gave her hand to Fanfaronade, who carried a lantern, and they ran out together into the muddy street and down to the sea-shore. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 dagger dagger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 sheath sheath NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Fanfaronade Fanfaronade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 lantern lantern NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 together together ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 muddy muddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 46 down down ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 49 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Princess | the King's dagger and a diamond sheath | | | then | the Queen's neck handkerchief *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dagger=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the King's dagger and a diamond sheath | | | a diamond sheath | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past | Princess *not said here* | Princess's hand | Fanfaronade | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hand=Theme to fanfaronade=Recipient | | 4 | **carry** | past | Fanfaronade | a lantern | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lantern=Theme | | 5 | **run out** | past | dagger | | | | | into the muddy street and the sea shore *result*; together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into street=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 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/16/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/)