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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 (chap, old man, look), 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:pg14241:26:115 # text = At last he came to an old house, near a great forest, and there was an old man sitting out by the door, and his look was enough to frighten you or any one else; and the old man said to him: 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 near near ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 21 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 frighten frighten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 38 else else ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | chap | | | last | | to a old house and a great forest | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **be** | past | a old man | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sit out** | gerund | a old man *not said here* | | | | | by the door | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | chap's look | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **frighten** | to-infinitive | chap's look *not said here* | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old man | | chap | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/116/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/)