--- title: Scattering the guards right and left, he cleared the wall at a bound… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Scattering the guards right and left, he cleared the wall at a bound, and seizing the sleeping Princess, he threw her on to his back, where he kept her by holding her robe in his teeth. Who acts: Orion. 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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 (Orion), 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:pg7277:11:150 # text = Scattering the guards right and left, he cleared the wall at a bound, and seizing the sleeping Princess, he threw her on to his back, where he kept her by holding her robe in his teeth. 1 Scattering scatter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 right right ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 cleared clear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bound bound NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 amod _ _ 20 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 by by SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scatter** | gerund | Orion *not said here* | the guards | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent guard=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past | Orion *not said here* | | | | | right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **clear** | past | Orion | the wall | | a bound | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent wall=Source | | 4 | **seize** | gerund | Orion *not said here* | the sleeping Princess | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 5 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **throw on** | past | Orion | Princess | | Orion's back | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent she=Theme to back=Destination | | 7 | **keep** | past | Orion | Princess | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 8 | **hold** | gerund | Orion *not said here* | Princess's robe | | Orion's teeth | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent robe=Theme in tooth=Location | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/151/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)