--- title: Following his advice, he decided to have a pitched battle as soon as… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Following his advice, he decided to have a pitched battle as soon as the enemy advanced, and this Brandatimor lost not a moment in doing, as he was perfectly persuaded that he was now going to make an end of the war and utterly vanquish Farda-Kinbras. Who acts: counsel, Brandatimor, moment. 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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 (counsel, Brandatimor, moment), 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:pg7277:17:11 # text = Following his advice, he decided to have a pitched battle as soon as the enemy advanced, and this Brandatimor lost not a moment in doing, as he was perfectly persuaded that he was now going to make an end of the war and utterly vanquish Farda-Kinbras. 1 Following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 pitched pitch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 advanced advanced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 Brandatimor Brandatimor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 in in SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 32 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 38 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 vanquish vanquish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 49 Farda Farda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Kinbras Kinbras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **decide** | past | counsel | | | | | follow counsel's advice | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | counsel *not said here* | a pitched battle | | | | soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Patient | | 4 | **pitch** | participle | | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **lose** | past | this Brandatimor | | | | moment | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** | gerund | a moment *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **persuade** | past · passive | | counsel | | | | perfectly *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **go** | past · progressive | counsel | | | | now | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **make** | to-infinitive | counsel *not said here* | a end of the war | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset end=Product | | 10 | **vanquish** | present | counsel *not said here* | Farda | | | | utterly *property* | tree rules | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/12/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)