--- title: As the Daimio drew near he flung a great handful of ashes over the t… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As the Daimio drew near he flung a great handful of ashes over the trees, but no buds or flowers followed the action: instead, the ashes were all blown back into the eyes of the Daimio and his warriors, till they cried out from pain. Who acts: Daimio, buds, ashes. 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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 (Daimio, buds, ashes), 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:pg641:18:52 # text = As the Daimio drew near he flung a great handful of ashes over the trees, but no buds or flowers followed the action: instead, the ashes were all blown back into the eyes of the Daimio and his warriors, till they cried out from pain. 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Daimio Daimio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 buds bud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 20 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 22 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 26 instead instead ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 all all ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 33 back back ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Daimio Daimio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 till till SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 47 out out ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | | | | | | as the Daimio | tree rules | | 2 | **fling** | past | Daimio | a great handful of ashes | | the trees | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent handful=Theme over tree=Destination | | 3 | **follow** | past | no buds or flowers | the action | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme | | 4 | **blow back** | past · passive | | the ashes | | the eyes of the Daimio and Daimio's warriors | | all, instead *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into eye=Product | | 5 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | ashes *= ash* | | | pain | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/53/) - ↑ back to [The Envious Neighbour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/18/)