--- title: Not long ago my master went on a journey, and brought back with him,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Not long ago my master went on a journey, and brought back with him, amongst other treasures, the portrait of a fair maiden so sweet and lovely that I lost my heart at first sight of it, and could think of nothing but how I might seek her out and marry her. Who acts: master, I. 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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 (master, I), 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:pg2435:17:63 # text = Not long ago my master went on a journey, and brought back with him, amongst other treasures, the portrait of a fair maiden so sweet and lovely that I lost my heart at first sight of it, and could think of nothing but how I might seek her out and marry her. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 ago ago ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 38 advmod _ _ 38 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 think think VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 44 obl _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 out out ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | my master | | | a journey | | ago *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on journey=Location | | 2 | **bring back** | past | my master *not said here* | other treasures | | | | with master | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | | 3 | **lose** | past | I | my heart | | sight of sight | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | could | | | | | | of nothing | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **seek out** | might | I | dame | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **marry** | infinitive | I *not said here* | dame | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 7 | **portray** | | | a fair maiden | | | | | nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **sight** | | | sight | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/64/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/)