--- title: So as they walked back over the cliffs he gave the Princess a great… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So as they walked back over the cliffs he gave the Princess a great push, hoping she would fall into the sea; but she stepped aside so quickly that he only succeeded in overbalancing himself, and over he went, and sank to the bottom of the sea like a lump of lead, and was never heard of any more. 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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, Fanfaronade, carbuncle), 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:pg540:5:12 # text = So as they walked back over the cliffs he gave the Princess a great push, hoping she would fall into the sea; but she stepped aside so quickly that he only succeeded in overbalancing himself, and over he went, and sank to the bottom of the sea like a lump of lead, and was never heard of any more. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 push push NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 aside aside ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 35 in in SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 overbalancing overbalance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 over over SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 like like ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 60 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 61 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 61 obj _ _ 64 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 63 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk back** | past | Princess | | | the cliffs | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over cliff=Trajectory | | 2 | **give** | past | Fanfaronade | a great push | the Princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient push=Theme | | 3 | **hope** | gerund | Fanfaronade *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | would | carbuncle | | | | | into the sea *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result | | 5 | **step** | past | carbuncle | | | | | aside, quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **succeed** | past | Fanfaronade | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **overbalance** | gerund | Fanfaronade *not said here* | Fanfaronade | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | past | Fanfaronade | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **sink** | past | Princess *not said here* | | | | | to the bottom of the sea; like a lump of lead | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **not** **hear** | past · passive | Princess *not said here* | any | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: any=Stimulus | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/13/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/)