--- title: They set off together, and when they came to cross-roads they halted… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They set off together, and when they came to cross-roads they halted and refreshed themselves a bit; and then they agreed to meet on a certain time, and not one was to go home before the other. Who acts: brothers, one. 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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 (brothers, one), 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:pg14241:26:111 # text = They set off together, and when they came to cross-roads they halted and refreshed themselves a bit; and then they agreed to meet on a certain time, and not one was to go home before the other. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 together together ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 cross-roads cross-road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 halted halt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 refreshed refresh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 16 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 37 home home ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 before before ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set off** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | cross-roads | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cross-road=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **halt** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **refresh** | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | brothers *= brother* | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer | | 5 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | then | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **meet** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | time | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | one | | | | before the other | go, home *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:** «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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/112/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/)