--- title: On a certain time there were twelve men of Gotham who went fishing,… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On a certain time there were twelve men of Gotham who went fishing, and some went into the water and some on dry ground; and, as they were coming back, one of them said, "We have ventured much this day wading; I pray God that none of us that did come from home be drowned." 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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 (twelve men, some, men, 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:pg14241:33:92 # text = On a certain time there were twelve men of Gotham who went fishing, and some went into the water and some on dry ground; and, as they were coming back, one of them said, "We have ventured much this day wading; I pray God that none of us that did come from home be drowned." 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Gotham Gotham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 nsubj _ _ 17 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 conj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 33 back back ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 ventured venture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 ccomp _ _ 44 much much ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 wading wade VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 51 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 53 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 58 nsubj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nmod _ _ 56 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 57 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 61 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | twelve men of Gotham | | | there | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | twelve men of Gotham | fishing | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fishing=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | some | | | the water | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into water=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **come back** | past · progressive | men *= man* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one of men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **venture** *in a quote* | present · perfect | We | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wade** *in a quote* | gerund | this day *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | I | God | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **come** *in a quote* | past · do-support | none | | | home | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from home=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **drown** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | none *not said here* | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP» | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/93/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/)