--- title: It was no use staying at home, so one day he wandered out into the w… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was no use staying at home, so one day he wandered out into the world to try his luck, and as he walked along he came to a little hut in which he found an old woman crouching over the fire. Who acts: sword, use, father, old woman. 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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 (sword, use, father, old woman), 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:pg2435:1:29 # text = It was no use staying at home, so one day he wandered out into the world to try his luck, and as he walked along he came to a little hut in which he found an old woman crouching over the fire. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 staying stay VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 out out ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 27 along along ADP IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 crouching crouch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | sword | no use | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | gerund | no use *not said here* | | | home | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 3 | **wander out** | past | father | | | the world | day | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into world=Destination | | 4 | **try** | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | father's luck | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality | | 5 | **walk** | past | father | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | father | | | a little hut | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hut=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **find** | past | father | a old woman | | a little hut | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Topic | | 8 | **crouch** | gerund | a old woman *not said here* | | | the fire | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fire=Location | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/30/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/)