--- title: Upon this some of the courtiers seized her by the arms, and held her… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Upon this some of the courtiers seized her by the arms, and held her back by sheer force, at which she set up such a yell that the King himself heard it, and stepped out on to the balcony to see what was the matter. Who acts: some, woman, King. 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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 (some, woman, King), 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:pg640:33:92 # text = Upon this some of the courtiers seized her by the arms, and held her back by sheer force, at which she set up such a yell that the King himself heard it, and stepped out on to the balcony to see what was the matter. 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 sheer sheer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 28 det:predet _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 yell yell NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 nmod _ _ 33 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 38 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 balcony balcony NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 45 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 48 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | some | woman | | | | by the arms | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **hold back** | past | some *not said here* | woman | | | | by sheer force | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme by force=Location | | 3 | **set up** | past | woman | such yell | | sheer force | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent yell=Theme at which=Destination | | 4 | **hear** | past | the King King | yell | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **step out** | past | some *not said here* | | | the balcony | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on balcony=Trajectory | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | some *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/93/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/)