--- title: The paper-boat tossed up and down, and in the middle of the stream i… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The paper-boat tossed up and down, and in the middle of the stream it went so quick that the Tin-soldier trembled; but he remained steadfast, showed no emotion, looked straight in front of him, shouldering his gun. Who acts: paper boat, Tin soldier, boy. A sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/39/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Steadfast Tin-soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/) / 39 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Steadfast Tin-soldier, sentence 39 The paper-boat tossed up and down, and in the middle of the stream it went so quick that the Tin-soldier trembled; but he remained steadfast, showed no emotion, looked straight in front of him, shouldering his gun. **Who acts:** paper boat, Tin soldier, boy · **What happens:** toss up, go, tremble, remain, show, look · **To what, where:** paper boat, middle, emotion, gun This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Steadfast Tin-soldier. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (paper boat, Tin soldier, boy), 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:pg640:50:39 # text = The paper-boat tossed up and down, and in the middle of the stream it went so quick that the Tin-soldier trembled; but he remained steadfast, showed no emotion, looked straight in front of him, shouldering his gun. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 5 tossed toss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 Tin Tin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 trembled tremble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 31 steadfast steadfast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 emotion emotion NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 38 straight straight ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 shouldering shoulder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **toss up** | participle | | the paper boat *not said here* | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | past | the paper boat | | | the middle of the stream | | quick *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in middle=Location | | 3 | **tremble** | participle | the Tin soldier | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **remain** | past | boy | | | | | steadfast *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **show** | past | boy *not said here* | no emotion | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent emotion=Recipient | | 6 | **look** | past | boy *not said here* | | | | | in front of boy | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme | | 7 | **shoulder** | gerund | boy *not said here* | boy's gun | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gun=Theme | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/40/) - ↑ back to [The Steadfast Tin-soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/)