--- title: I took and raised up the man which I had killed, as if he was standi… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I took and raised up the man which I had killed, as if he was standing on his feet, and I, crouching behind him, bore him up as well as I could, so that the guards readily saw him as they came up to the vault. Who acts: I, man, guards. 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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 (I, man, guards), 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:pg540:8:101 # text = I took and raised up the man which I had killed, as if he was standing on his feet, and I, crouching behind him, bore him up as well as I could, so that the guards readily saw him as they came up to the vault. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 crouching crouch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 26 behind behind ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 as as ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 43 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 readily readily ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 48 up up ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 vault vault NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | I | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **raise up** | participle | I *not said here* | the man | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 3 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | | the man | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | past · progressive | man | | | man's feet | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on foot=Location | | 5 | **crouch** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | behind man | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind he=Location | | 6 | **bear up** | past | I *not said here* | man | | | | well *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **see** | past | the guards | man | | | | readily *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **come up** | past | guards *= guard* | | | the vault | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to vault=Initial\_Location | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/102/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)