--- title: One day, then, as he was going to Wisbeach, without saying anything… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day, then, as he was going to Wisbeach, without saying anything to his master or any of his fellow servants, he resolved to take the nearest road or to lose his life; as they say, to win horse or lose saddle. Who acts: Tom, servants. 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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 (Tom, servants), 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:pg14241:19:58 # text = One day, then, as he was going to Wisbeach, without saying anything to his master or any of his fellow servants, he resolved to take the nearest road or to lose his life; as they say, to win horse or lose saddle. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 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 _ _ 9 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Wisbeach Wisbeach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 without without SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 15 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 14 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 15 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 fellow fellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 amod _ _ 32 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 45 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 48 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | Tom | | | Wisbeach | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wisbeach=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Tom *not said here* | anything | Tom's master | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Topic to master=Recipient | | 3 | **resolve** | past | Tom | | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* | the nearest road | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 5 | **lose** | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* | Tom's life | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | servants *= servant* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **win** | to-infinitive | | horse | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality | | 8 | **lose** | infinitive | | saddle | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Eventuality | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/59/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/)