--- title: When he reached the wood, he laid himself down to think what course… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he reached the wood, he laid himself down to think what course he would follow, for he knew how weak he was compared to those he had undertaken to kill. Who acts: John, course. 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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 (John, course), 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:pg14241:21:119 # text = When he reached the wood, he laid himself down to think what course he would follow, for he knew how weak he was compared to those he had undertaken to kill. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 13 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 14 det _ _ 14 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 23 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 compared compare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 undertaken undertake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | John | the wood | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent wood=Theme | | 2 | **lay down** | past | John | John | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Result | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | John *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **follow** | would | what course | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **know** | past | John | | | | | weak *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **compare** | past · passive | | John | | | | to those | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **undertake** | past · perfect | John | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **kill** | to-infinitive | John *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/120/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/)