--- title: Seeing what they took to be a young man seeking adventures, one of t… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Seeing what they took to be a young man seeking adventures, one of the combatants called out, ‘Fet-Fruners! deliver me from my enemy, and I will give you the horn that can be heard the distance of a three days’ journey;’ while the other cried, ‘Fet-Fruners! help me to conquer this pagan thief, and y --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/4/) [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 Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/) / 4 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2, sentence 4 Seeing what they took to be a young man seeking adventures, one of the combatants called out, ‘Fet-Fruners! deliver me from my enemy, and I will give you the horn that can be heard the distance of a three days’ journey;’ while the other cried, ‘Fet-Fruners! help me to conquer this pagan thief, and you shall have my horse, Sunlight.’ **Who acts:** you, mountains, young man, I, other, Fet · **What happens:** see, take, be, seek, call out, deliver · **To what, where:** young man, adventures, combatants, me, enemy, horn · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, mountains, young man, I), 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:pg641:39:4 # text = Seeing what they took to be a young man seeking adventures, one of the combatants called out, ‘Fet-Fruners! deliver me from my enemy, and I will give you the horn that can be heard the distance of a three days’ journey;’ while the other cried, ‘Fet-Fruners! help me to conquer this pagan thief, and you shall have my horse, Sunlight.’ 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 seeking seek VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 combatants combatant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Fet Fet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Fruners Fruners PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 25 deliver deliver VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 52 while while SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 nsubj _ _ 55 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 57 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Fet Fet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 Fruners Fruners PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ! ! PUNCT . _ 58 punct _ _ 62 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 63 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 conquer conquer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ _ 66 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 68 det _ _ 67 pagan pagan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 71 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 74 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 Sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** | past | mountains *= mountain* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a young man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **seek** | gerund | a young man *not said here* | adventures | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme | | 5 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | | the combatants *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **deliver** | imperative | you *not said here* | me | | my enemy | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent i=Theme from enemy=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **give** | future | I | the horn | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient horn=Theme | | 8 | **hear** | can · passive | | the horn | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the other | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **help** | infinitive | Fet and Fruners | me | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 11 | **conquer** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | this pagan thief | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Patient | | 12 | **have** | shall | you | my horse and Sunlight | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 13 | **journey** | | a three days | | | | | | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/5/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/39/)