--- title: To-morrow, when you come in sight of a very large castle, which will… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: To-morrow, when you come in sight of a very large castle, which will be surrounded with black water, the first thing you will do you will tie your horse to a tree, and you will see three beautiful swans in sight, and you will say, 'Swan, swan, carry me over in the name of the Griffin of the Greenwoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/148/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [More English Fairy Tales, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/) / 148 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 12, sentence 148 To-morrow, when you come in sight of a very large castle, which will be surrounded with black water, the first thing you will do you will tie your horse to a tree, and you will see three beautiful swans in sight, and you will say, 'Swan, swan, carry me over in the name of the Griffin of the Greenwood,' and the swans will swim you over to the earth. **Who acts:** you, swans · **What happens:** come, surround, do, tie, see, say · **To what, where:** sight, large castle, first thing, horse, three beautiful swans, Swan · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, swans), 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:pg14241:26:148 # text = To-morrow, when you come in sight of a very large castle, which will be surrounded with black water, the first thing you will do you will tie your horse to a tree, and you will see three beautiful swans in sight, and you will say, 'Swan, swan, carry me over in the name of the Griffin of the Greenwood,' and the swans will swim you over to the earth. 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 amod _ _ 26 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 tie tie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 43 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 44 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 60 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 over over ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 Griffin Griffin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 Greenwood greenwood NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 70 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 nsubj _ _ 76 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 77 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 conj _ _ 78 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ _ 79 over over ADP RP _ 77 compound:prt _ _ 80 to to ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | you | | | sight of a large castle and the first thing | | to morrow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to morrow=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **surround** | future · passive | | a large castle and the first thing | | | | with black water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with water=Theme | | 3 | **do** | future | you | the first thing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 4 | **tie** | future | you | your horse | | | | to a tree | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient to tree=Co-Patient | | 5 | **see** | future | you | three beautiful swans | | sight | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer swan=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | you | Swan and swan | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent swan=Topic | | 7 | **carry over** | infinitive | | me | | the name of the Griffin of the Greenwood | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Value in name=Location | | 8 | **swim over** | future | the swans | you | | | | to the earth | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location you=Theme | | 9 | **sight** | | | a large castle and the first thing | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **name** | | | the Griffin of the Greenwood | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/147/) - next →: [sentence 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/149/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/)