--- title: The strange being beckoned with his hand that I should follow him; b… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The strange being beckoned with his hand that I should follow him; but as I did not stir from the spot he spoke in a hoarse, grating voice: ‘Take courage, faint-hearted shepherd. Who acts: hand, I, beard. 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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 (hand, I, beard), 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:pg2435:15:74 # text = The strange being beckoned with his hand that I should follow him; but as I did not stir from the spot he spoke in a hoarse, grating voice: ‘Take courage, faint-hearted shepherd. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 compound _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 beckoned beckon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 hoarse hoarse ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 grating grate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 amod _ _ 30 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 34 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beckon** | gerund · passive | | | | | | with beard's hand | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V» | | 2 | **follow** | should | beard's hand | beard | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **not** **stir** | past · do-support | I | | | the spot | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | beard | the spot *not said here* | | a hoarse grating voice | | | tree rules | | 5 | **grate** | gerund | | | | | | | vn appeal-31.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | I *not said here* | courage and faint hearted shepherd | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/75/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/)