--- title: He took the children by the hand, Tears standing in their eye, And b… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He took the children by the hand, Tears standing in their eye, And bade them straightway follow him, And look they did not cry; And two long miles he led them on, While they for food complain: "Stay here," quoth he, "I'll bring you bread, When I come back again." 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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 (wretch, Tears, Children, two long miles), 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:pg14241:25:55 # text = He took the children by the hand, Tears standing in their eye, And bade them straightway follow him, And look they did not cry; And two long miles he led them on, While they for food complain: "Stay here," quoth he, "I'll bring you bread, When I come back again." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 appos _ _ 10 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 straightway straightway ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 19 follow follow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 31 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 on on ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 While while SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 complain complain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 46 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ _ 49 quoth quoth VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 " " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 61 advmod _ _ 60 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 62 back back ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 63 again again ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | wretch | | the children | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument child=Destination | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | Tears *not said here* | | | Children's eye | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in eye=Location | | 3 | **bade** | past | wretch *not said here* | Children *= child* | | | | straightway *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **follow** | infinitive | | wretch | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* | past · do-support | Children *= child* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lead on** | past | two long miles | Children *= child* | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 8 | **complain** *speech: other* | present | Children *= child* | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **stay** *in a quote* | infinitive | Children *= child* *not said here* | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **quoth** | infinitive | Children *= child* *not said here* | wretch | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | the other *= other* | bread | you | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination bread=Theme | | 12 | **come back** *in a quote* | present | the other *= other* | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/56/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/)