--- title: He drove twice round the city, throwing money to the right and left,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He drove twice round the city, throwing money to the right and left, and the third time, as he passed under the palace windows, he saw Ludovine lift a corner of the curtain and peep out. Who acts: soldier, Ludovine. 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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 (soldier, Ludovine), 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:pg7277:22:148 # text = He drove twice round the city, throwing money to the right and left, and the third time, as he passed under the palace windows, he saw Ludovine lift a corner of the curtain and peep out. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ 4 round round ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 9 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 amod _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 24 under under ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 31 Ludovine Ludovine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 curtain curtain NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 peep peep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past | soldier | | | the city | | twice *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent round city=Trajectory | | 2 | **throw** | gerund | soldier *not said here* | money | | the right | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent money=Theme to right=Destination | | 3 | **leave** | past | soldier *not said here* | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pass** | past | soldier | | | the palace windows | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under window=Location | | 5 | **see** | past | soldier | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **lift** | infinitive | Ludovine | a corner of the curtain | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corner=Theme | | 7 | **peep out** | infinitive | Ludovine *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=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 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/147/) - next →: [sentence 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/149/) - ↑ back to [The Little Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/)