--- title: The emperor, proud of this first victory, took a short cut, and wait… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The emperor, proud of this first victory, took a short cut, and waited for her at the end of another day’s journey, close to a river, over which he threw a bridge of silver. Who acts: emperor, day. 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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 (emperor, day), 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:pg641:38:99 # text = The emperor, proud of this first victory, took a short cut, and waited for her at the end of another day’s journey, close to a river, over which he threw a bridge of silver. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 7 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 cut cut NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the emperor | a short cut | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cut=Theme | | 2 | **wait** | past | | | | | at the end of another day's journey | for beast | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location | | 3 | **throw** | past | emperor | a bridge of silver | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme over which=Destination | | 4 | **journey** | | another day | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/100/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/)