--- title: Neither must you go through the door to the left, it leads to the sn… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Neither must you go through the door to the left, it leads to the snake’s chamber, where adders and serpents lodge; but open the fast-closed door by means of the well-known spring-root, which you must on no account forget to take with you, or all your trouble will be for naught, for no crowbar or mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/103/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/) / 103 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 103 Neither must you go through the door to the left, it leads to the snake’s chamber, where adders and serpents lodge; but open the fast-closed door by means of the well-known spring-root, which you must on no account forget to take with you, or all your trouble will be for naught, for no crowbar or mortal tools will help you. **Who acts:** Neither, left, adders, you, trouble, naught · **What happens:** go, lead, lodge, open, close, mean · **To what, where:** door, closed door, known spring root, account, you This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Neither, left, adders, you), 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:pg2435:15:103 # text = Neither must you go through the door to the left, it leads to the snake’s chamber, where adders and serpents lodge; but open the fast-closed door by means of the well-known spring-root, which you must on no account forget to take with you, or all your trouble will be for naught, for no crowbar or mortal tools will help you. 1 Neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 21 adders adder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 serpents serpent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 24 lodge lodge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 37 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 40 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obj _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 46 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 49 det _ _ 49 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 50 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 56 or or CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 57 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 59 det:predet _ _ 58 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 60 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 61 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 cop _ _ 62 for for ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 72 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 67 det _ _ 67 crowbar crowbar NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 appos _ _ 68 or or CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 69 mortal mortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 tools tool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 conj _ _ 71 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 73 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | must | Neither | | | the door | | to the left | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through door=Initial\_Location to left=Destination | | 2 | **lead** | present | left | | | | | to the snake's chamber | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to chamber=Patient | | 3 | **lodge** | present | adders and serpents | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **open** | infinitive | | the closed door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **close** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **mean** | present | | | | | | of the known spring root | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **forget** | must | you | the known spring root | | no account | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **take** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | with you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | future | your trouble | | | | | for naught | tree rules | | 11 | **help** | future | naught | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 12 | **trouble** | | your | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/104/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/)