--- title: “‘Go towards the little mountains,’ said he, ‘and ask there for the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “‘Go towards the little mountains,’ said he, ‘and ask there for the Black King’s Valley, and when you come to a tiny brook follow the stream till you reach the stone bridge beside the saw-mill. Who acts: light, you. 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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 (light, 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:pg2435:15:93 # text = “‘Go towards the little mountains,’ said he, ‘and ask there for the Black King’s Valley, and when you come to a tiny brook follow the stream till you reach the stone bridge beside the saw-mill. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 4 towards towards ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 16 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 Black Black PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 Valley Valley PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 follow follow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 reach reach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 beside beside ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 saw saw NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | the little mountains | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards mountain=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | light | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | there | | for the Black King's Valley | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present | you | | | a tiny brook | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to brook=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **follow** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the stream | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stream=Theme | | 6 | **reach** *in a quote* | present | you | the stone bridge | | the saw mill | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bridge=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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/94/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/)