--- title: Then the emperor commanded two copper dogs to be made that would run… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the emperor commanded two copper dogs to be made that would run after the horse, and when the thieves, hanging from the walls, mocked and jeered at Virgilius and the emperor, the dogs leaped high after them and pulled them to the ground, and bit them to death. Who acts: emperor, that, thieves. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/96/) [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/) / [Virgilius the Sorcerer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/) / 96 # The Violet Fairy Book, Virgilius the Sorcerer, sentence 96 Then the emperor commanded two copper dogs to be made that would run after the horse, and when the thieves, hanging from the walls, mocked and jeered at Virgilius and the emperor, the dogs leaped high after them and pulled them to the ground, and bit them to death. **Who acts:** emperor, that, thieves · **What happens:** command, make, run, hang, mock, jeer · **To what, where:** two copper dogs, walls, dogs, horses, ground · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Virgilius the Sorcerer. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (emperor, that, thieves), 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:pg641:43:96 # text = Then the emperor commanded two copper dogs to be made that would run after the horse, and when the thieves, hanging from the walls, mocked and jeered at Virgilius and the emperor, the dogs leaped high after them and pulled them to the ground, and bit them to death. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 thieves thief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 mocked mock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 jeered jeer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Virgilius Virgilius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl:agent _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 appos _ _ 39 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 41 after after ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 52 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | the emperor | two copper dogs | | | then | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive · passive | the emperor *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 3 | **run** | would | that | | | | after the horse | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hang** | gerund | the thieves *not said here* | | | the walls | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **mock** | participle | | the walls *not said here* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **jeer** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **leap** | participle | | the dogs *not said here* | | | after horses *= horse* | high *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **pull** | past | | horses *= horse* | | the ground | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to ground=Destination | | 9 | **bite** | past | | horses *= horse* | | | | to death *result* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient to death=Result | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/97/) - ↑ back to [Virgilius the Sorcerer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/)