--- title: As soon as Ritter Red saw that there was no longer any danger afoot,… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as Ritter Red saw that there was no longer any danger afoot, he crept down from the tree and threatened the Princess, until at last she was again forced to promise to say that it was he who had rescued her; after which he took the tongue and the lungs of the Troll and put them in his pocket- --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/53/) [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 Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/) / 53 # The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 2, sentence 53 As soon as Ritter Red saw that there was no longer any danger afoot, he crept down from the tree and threatened the Princess, until at last she was again forced to promise to say that it was he who had rescued her; after which he took the tongue and the lungs of the Troll and put them in his pocket-handkerchief, and then he conducted the Princess back to the palace. **Who acts:** Ritter, danger, Princess · **What happens:** see, be, creep down, threaten, force, promise · **To what, where:** tree, Princess, raiment, tongue, Trolls, pocket handkerchief · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mother Holle, 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 (Ritter, danger, Princess), 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:pg540:45:53 # text = As soon as Ritter Red saw that there was no longer any danger afoot, he crept down from the tree and threatened the Princess, until at last she was again forced to promise to say that it was he who had rescued her; after which he took the tongue and the lungs of the Troll and put them in his pocket-handkerchief, and then he conducted the Princess back to the palace. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 Ritter Ritter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 no no ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 13 advmod _ _ 12 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 13 det _ _ 13 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 14 afoot afoot ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 18 down down ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 threatened threaten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 until until ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obl _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 32 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 rescued rescue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 after after ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obl _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 lungs lung NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 conj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 Troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 61 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 63 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 64 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 69 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 71 advmod _ _ 70 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 74 back back ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Ritter | | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | past | any danger | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **creep down** | past | danger | | | the tree | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tree=Trajectory | | 4 | **threaten** | past | Ritter *not said here* | the Princess | | | until last | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus princess=Experiencer | | 5 | **force** | past · passive | | Princess | | | again | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **rescue** | past · perfect · passive | | raiment | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **take** | past | danger | the tongue and the lungs of the Troll | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | | 10 | **put** | infinitive | danger *not said here* | Trolls *= troll* | | danger's pocket handkerchief | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in handkerchief=Destination | | 11 | **conduct back** | past | Ritter | the Princess | | the palace | then | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent princess=Theme to palace=Destination | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/54/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/)