--- title: “I have been marching through the country, and have tried every kind… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I have been marching through the country, and have tried every kind of work, but now I have found a job in the iron trade; only, so far, I have put more into it than I have earned by it. Who acts: God. 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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 (God), 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:pg2435:17:28 # text = “I have been marching through the country, and have tried every kind of work, but now I have found a job in the iron trade; only, so far, I have put more into it than I have earned by it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 5 marching march VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 30 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 38 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 obj _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 41 than than SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 earned earn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **march** *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | God | | | the country | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through country=Trajectory | | 2 | **try** *in a quote* | present · perfect | God *not said here* | every kind of work | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Eventuality | | 3 | **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect | God | a job | | the iron trade | now | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Topic | | 4 | **put** *in a quote* | present · perfect | God | more | | trade | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent more=Goal | | 5 | **earn** *in a quote* | present · perfect | God | | | | | by trade | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/29/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/)