--- title: He looked about for a house where he might stop and ask his way, but… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He looked about for a house where he might stop and ask his way, but there was not a sign of one anywhere, and he was afraid to stand still, for it was cold, and there were many stories of wolves being seen in that part of the forest. Who acts: boy, sign, many stories. 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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 (boy, sign, many stories), 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:pg2435:13:87 # text = He looked about for a house where he might stop and ask his way, but there was not a sign of one anywhere, and he was afraid to stand still, for it was cold, and there were many stories of wolves being seen in that part of the forest. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 appos _ _ 24 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 still still ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 41 expl _ _ 41 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 42 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 46 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | boy | | | | | for a house; about *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for house=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | might | boy | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | boy *not said here* | boy's way | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Recipient | | 4 | **be** | past | a sign | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | boy | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **stand** | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | sign | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | past | many stories of wolves | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **see** | gerund · passive | | wolves *not said here* | | that part of the forest | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/88/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/)