--- title: No sooner did Ritter Red see that all danger was over than he crept… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No sooner did Ritter Red see that all danger was over than he crept down from the tree, and threatened the King’s daughter till he made her promise to say that he had rescued her. Who acts: Ritter, danger, daughter. 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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 (Ritter, danger, daughter), 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:pg540:45:84 # text = No sooner did Ritter Red see that all danger was over than he crept down from the tree, and threatened the King’s daughter till he made her promise to say that he had rescued her. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 Ritter Ritter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 over over ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 than than SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 15 down down ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 threatened threaten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 till till SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 rescued rescue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 ccomp _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · do-support | Ritter | | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | all danger | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **creep down** | past | Ritter | | | 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 King's daughter | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus daughter=Experiencer | | 5 | **make** | past | Ritter | daughter's promise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Product | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Ritter *not said here* | daughter's promise *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **rescue** | past · perfect · passive | | Ritter | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **promise** | | daughter | | | | | | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/85/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/)