--- title: But the Good Folk whispered together, and one of them came up to her… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the Good Folk whispered together, and one of them came up to her and took her by the hand and said, "If you won't go home to your mother, go forward, go forward; mind you take the right road. Who acts: Good Folk, one, you. 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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 (Good Folk, one, you), 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:pg14241:29:116 # text = But the Good Folk whispered together, and one of them came up to her and took her by the hand and said, "If you won't go home to your mother, go forward, go forward; mind you take the right road. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Folk Folk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 up up ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 If if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 31 home home ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 37 forward forward ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 40 forward forward ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 42 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the Good Folk | | | | | together *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come up** | past | one of banks | | Folk | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **take** | past | one of banks *not said here* | | Folk | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one of banks *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **go** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | | | | | to your mother; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mother=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | present | you | mind | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/117/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/)