--- title: ‘Pull one out then,’ said Peter kindly, and the youth seized one fro… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Pull one out then,’ said Peter kindly, and the youth seized one from the bird’s tail; instantly the swan screamed, and Peter called out, ‘Swan, hold fast,’ and do what he could the poor youth couldn’t get his hand away. Who acts: Peter, youth, swan. A sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew La --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/27/) [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/) / [The Magic Swan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/) / 27 # The Green Fairy Book, The Magic Swan, sentence 27 ‘Pull one out then,’ said Peter kindly, and the youth seized one from the bird’s tail; instantly the swan screamed, and Peter called out, ‘Swan, hold fast,’ and do what he could the poor youth couldn’t get his hand away. **Who acts:** Peter, youth, swan · **What happens:** pull out, say, seize, scream, call out, hold · **To what, where:** one, tail, Peter, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Magic Swan. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, youth, swan), 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:pg7277:23:27 # text = ‘Pull one out then,’ said Peter kindly, and the youth seized one from the bird’s tail; instantly the swan screamed, and Peter called out, ‘Swan, hold fast,’ and do what he could the poor youth couldn’t get his hand away. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 10 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 37 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 48 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 49 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl:relcl _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 away away ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull out** | infinitive | | one | | | then | out *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Peter | | | | | kindly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **seize** | past | the youth | one | | the bird's tail | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent one=Theme from tail=Source | | 4 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | the swan | | | | | instantly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle · passive | | Peter | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 6 | **hold** | infinitive | | | | | | fast *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **do** | present | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **not** **get away** | could | Peter | Peter's hand | | | | away *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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/28/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Swan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/)