--- title: They did not want to sleep in the wood, for they were afraid of wolv… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They did not want to sleep in the wood, for they were afraid of wolves and other wild beasts, so they groped their way along, hand in hand, till the prince tripped over something which lay across the path. Who acts: courtiers, prince. 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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 (courtiers, prince), 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:pg2435:14:96 # text = They did not want to sleep in the wood, for they were afraid of wolves and other wild beasts, so they groped their way along, hand in hand, till the prince tripped over something which lay across the path. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 groped grope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 along along ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 tripped trip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 over over ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 36 obl _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 across across ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | courtiers *= courtier* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | courtiers *= courtier* *not said here* | | | the wood | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | courtiers *= courtier* | | | | | of wolves and other wild beasts; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **grope** | past | courtiers *= courtier* | courtiers's way | | | | hand in hand *obl*; along *property* | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Experiencer | | 5 | **trip** | past | the prince | | | something | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over something=Trajectory | | 6 | **lie** | past | | | | the path | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/97/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/)