--- title: Then the prince took counsel with his beasts, and as the dragon appr… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the prince took counsel with his beasts, and as the dragon approached the shore the fox drew his brush through the water and blinded the dragon by scattering the salt water in his eyes, while the bear and the lion threw up more water with their paws, so that the monster was bewildered and could --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/69/) [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 Three Princes and Their Beasts (li…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/) / 69 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale), sentence 69 Then the prince took counsel with his beasts, and as the dragon approached the shore the fox drew his brush through the water and blinded the dragon by scattering the salt water in his eyes, while the bear and the lion threw up more water with their paws, so that the monster was bewildered and could see nothing. **Who acts:** prince, dragon, fox, bear · **What happens:** take, approach, draw, blind, scatter, throw up · **To what, where:** counsel, shore, brush, water, dragon, salt water This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, dragon, fox, bear), 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:pg641:5:69 # text = Then the prince took counsel with his beasts, and as the dragon approached the shore the fox drew his brush through the water and blinded the dragon by scattering the salt water in his eyes, while the bear and the lion threw up more water with their paws, so that the monster was bewildered and could see nothing. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 brush brush NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 blinded blind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 by by SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 scattering scatter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 while while SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 44 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 amod _ _ 47 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 52 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 57 mark _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 fixed _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 bewildered bewilder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 conj _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 61 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the prince | counsel | | | then | with shore's beasts | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | | 2 | **approach** | past | the dragon | the shore | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shore=Theme | | 3 | **draw** | past | the fox | shore's brush | | the water | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brush=Theme | | 4 | **blind** | past | the fox *not said here* | the dragon | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **scatter** | gerund | the fox *not said here* | the salt water | | shore's eyes | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme in eye=Destination | | 6 | **throw up** | past | the bear and the lion | more water | | | | with princes's paws | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 7 | **bewilder** | past · passive | | the monster | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 8 | **see** | could | | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/70/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/)