--- title: Two hours after there arrived some soldiers, and when they saw her s… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Two hours after there arrived some soldiers, and when they saw her spinning they seized her, tied her arms and legs, and carried her to the bank of the river, which was swollen by the late rains. Who acts: Two hours, soldiers, girl, late rains. 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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 (Two hours, soldiers, girl, late rains), 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:pg540:42:81 # text = Two hours after there arrived some soldiers, and when they saw her spinning they seized her, tied her arms and legs, and carried her to the bank of the river, which was swollen by the late rains. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 nmod _ _ 5 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 spinning spin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 swollen swell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 rains rain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | Two hours | some soldiers | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | girl | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **spin** | gerund | girl *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **seize** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | girl | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **tie** | past | soldiers *= soldier* *not said here* | girl's arms and legs | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | | 6 | **carry** | past | Two hours *not said here* | girl | | the bank of the river | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bank=Destination | | 7 | **swell** | past · passive | the late rains | the river | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient subject=Extent | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/42/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/42/82/) - ↑ back to [The Nettle Spinner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/42/)