--- title: So saying, he drew a whistle from his pocket, and no sooner had he b… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So saying, he drew a whistle from his pocket, and no sooner had he blown it than the Princess saw the water of the river bubble and grow muddy, and in another instant up came hundreds of thousands of great oysters, who climbed slowly and laboriously towards her and laid at her feet all the pearls th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/77/) [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 Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Pote…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/) / 77 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 77 So saying, he drew a whistle from his pocket, and no sooner had he blown it than the Princess saw the water of the river bubble and grow muddy, and in another instant up came hundreds of thousands of great oysters, who climbed slowly and laboriously towards her and laid at her feet all the pearls they contained. **Who acts:** Grumedan, Princess, instant, great oysters, hundreds · **What happens:** say, draw, blow, see, grow, come · **To what, where:** whistle, pocket, water, hundreds, pearls, feet · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Grumedan, Princess, instant, great oysters), 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:pg7277:11:77 # text = So saying, he drew a whistle from his pocket, and no sooner had he blown it than the Princess saw the water of the river bubble and grow muddy, and in another instant up came hundreds of thousands of great oysters, who climbed slowly and laboriously towards her and laid at her feet all the pearls they contained. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 than than SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 bubble bubble NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 muddy muddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 36 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 oysters oyster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 laboriously laboriously ADV RB _ 48 conj _ _ 51 towards towards ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 55 at at ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 58 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 60 det:predet _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Grumedan *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **draw** | past | Grumedan | a whistle | | Grumedan's pocket | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent whistle=Theme from pocket=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **blow** | past · perfect | Grumedan | whistle | | | | soon *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **see** | past | the Princess | the water of the river bubble | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | | 5 | **grow** | present | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | muddy *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | another instant | hundreds of thousands of great oysters | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hundred=Theme | | 7 | **climb** | past | great oysters | | | | | towards instant; slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards she=Destination | | 8 | **lay** | past | great oysters *not said here* | all pearls | | instant's feet | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pearl=Theme at foot=Destination | | 9 | **contain** | past | hundreds *= hundred* | all pearls *not said here* | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pearl=Theme | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/78/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)