--- title: Here the raven left him and he was handed over once more to the care… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Here the raven left him and he was handed over once more to the care of the first band of slaves, while a large bat flickered down and settled upon his head of its own accord, and so he was taken back to the marble bath, and had to go through the whole process again, only this time he began in deep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/9/) [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 Vivien and the Princess Placida…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/) / 9 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 9 Here the raven left him and he was handed over once more to the care of the first band of slaves, while a large bat flickered down and settled upon his head of its own accord, and so he was taken back to the marble bath, and had to go through the whole process again, only this time he began in deep water which receded daily inch by inch. **Who acts:** raven, large bat, Prince, deep water, first band · **What happens:** leave, hand over, flicker down, settle, take back, have · **To what, where:** Prince, marble bath, whole process, time, deep water, daily inch This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (raven, large bat, Prince, deep water), 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:pg7277:37:9 # text = Here the raven left him and he was handed over once more to the care of the first band of slaves, while a large bat flickered down and settled upon his head of its own accord, and so he was taken back to the marble bath, and had to go through the whole process again, only this time he began in deep water which receded daily inch by inch. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 10 over over ADV RB _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 12 advmod _ _ 12 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 amod _ _ 19 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 while while SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 flickered flicker VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 28 down down ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 settled settle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 accord accord NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 44 back back ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 through through ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 process process NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 58 again again ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 only only ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 61 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 det _ _ 62 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl:unmarked _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 68 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 69 nsubj _ _ 69 receded recede VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 acl:relcl _ _ 70 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 inch inch NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ _ 72 by by ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 inch inch NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | the raven | Prince | | here | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **hand over** | past · passive | | Prince | | | | to the care of the first band of slaves | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination more=Theme | | 3 | **flicker down** | participle | a large bat | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **settle** | past | a large bat *not said here* | | | | | upon Prince's head of raven's own accord | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take back** | past · passive | | Prince | | the marble bath | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to bath=Destination | | 6 | **have** | past | the raven *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | the raven *not said here* | | | the whole process | again; time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through process=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **begin** | past | Prince | this time *not said here* | | deep water | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Eventuality | | 9 | **recede** | past | deep water | daily inch | | | | by inch | tree rules | | 10 | **care** | | the first band of slaves | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/10/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)