--- title: But a frightful storm drove his ship on to unknown shores, where mos… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But a frightful storm drove his ship on to unknown shores, where most of his followers were put to death by the savages, and the Prince himself only managed to escape by making use of his magic pebble. Who acts: frightful storm, savages, Prince. 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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 (frightful storm, savages, Prince), 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:pg640:16:32 # text = But a frightful storm drove his ship on to unknown shores, where most of his followers were put to death by the savages, and the Prince himself only managed to escape by making use of his magic pebble. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 frightful frightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 shores shore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 14 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 followers follower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 savages savage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 nmod _ _ 30 only only ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 by by SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 36 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 pebble pebble NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past | a frightful storm | storm's ship | | unknown shores | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ship=Theme on shore=Destination | | 2 | **put** | past · passive | the savages | most of storm's followers | | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent subject=Goal | | 3 | **manage** | past | the Prince storm | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **escape** | to-infinitive | the Prince storm *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** | gerund | the Prince storm *not said here* | use of storm's magic pebble | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset use=Product | | 6 | **use** | | | storm's magic pebble | | | | | nom use «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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/33/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/)