--- title: He met Brandatimor in single combat, and succeeded in taking him pri… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He met Brandatimor in single combat, and succeeded in taking him prisoner; but he did not live to reach the Court, to which Mannikin had sent him: his pride killed him at the thought of appearing before Sabella under these altered circumstances. Who acts: counsel, Mannikin, pride, thought. 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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, Mannikin, pride, thought), 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:pg7277:17:13 # text = He met Brandatimor in single combat, and succeeded in taking him prisoner; but he did not live to reach the Court, to which Mannikin had sent him: his pride killed him at the thought of appearing before Sabella under these altered circumstances. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Brandatimor Brandatimor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 combat combat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 in in SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obl _ _ 27 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 of of SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 appearing appear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Sabella Sabella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 under under ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 45 altered alter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 46 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | counsel | Brandatimor | | single combat | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brandatimor=Co-Agent | | 2 | **succeed** | past | counsel *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | gerund | counsel *not said here* | counsel | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Theme prisoner=Destination | | 4 | **not** **live** | past · do-support | counsel | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **reach** | to-infinitive | counsel *not said here* | the Court | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent court=Theme | | 6 | **send** | past · perfect | Mannikin | counsel | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to which=Destination | | 7 | **kill** | past | counsel's pride | counsel | | the thought | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **appear** | gerund | the thought *not said here* | | | this altered circumstances | before Sabella | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before sabella=Location | | 9 | **alter** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **pride** | | counsel | | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/14/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)