--- title: By this time the whole court were running over the plain, some on fo… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: By this time the whole court were running over the plain, some on foot and some on horseback, all hurrying to the help of their princess, who really was in some danger, for the wind was rising to the force of a gale. Who acts: whole court, all, princess, wind. 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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 (whole court, all, princess, wind), 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:pg5615:30:6 # text = By this time the whole court were running over the plain, some on foot and some on horseback, all hurrying to the help of their princess, who really was in some danger, for the wind was rising to the force of a gale. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 horseback horseback NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 nsubj _ _ 22 hurrying hurry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 31 really really ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 gale gale NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past · progressive | the whole court | | | the plain and some foot and some horseback | time | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over plain=Trajectory | | 2 | **hurry** | gerund | all | | | the help of right's princess | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to help=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | right's princess | | | some danger | | | tree rules | | 4 | **rise** | past · progressive | the wind | | | the force of a gale | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to force=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **help** | | | right's princess | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/7/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)