--- title: And as they came to the foot of it, she saw it was a broad bright ro… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And as they came to the foot of it, she saw it was a broad bright road, sloping up and away into the sky, and at the far, far end of it she could see wee shining things dancing about. Who acts: stairs, Kerplash, light, shining things. 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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 (stairs, Kerplash, light, shining things), 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:pg14241:29:143 # text = And as they came to the foot of it, she saw it was a broad bright road, sloping up and away into the sky, and at the far, far end of it she could see wee shining things dancing about. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 sloping slope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 parataxis _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 20 conj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 40 wee wee NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 amod _ _ 42 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 43 dancing dance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 44 about about ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | stairs *= stair* | | | the foot of light | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to foot=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **see** | past | Kerplash | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | light | a broad bright road | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **slope up** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | could | Kerplash | shining things | | | at the far far end of light | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 6 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **dance** | gerund | shining things *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «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 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/142/) - next →: [More English Fairy Tales, pa…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/30/1/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/)