--- title: If you are tired of travelling before you come to the Land of Immort… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If you are tired of travelling before you come to the Land of Immortality, open this box and look at my picture, and you will be borne along either on earth or in the air, quick as thought, or swift as the whirlwind.” Who acts: 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 (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:pg2435:18:92 # text = If you are tired of travelling before you come to the Land of Immortality, open this box and look at my picture, and you will be borne along either on earth or in the air, quick as thought, or swift as the whirlwind.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Immortality immortality NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 30 along along ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 either either CCONJ CC _ 33 cc:preconj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 whirlwind whirlwind NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **travel** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | present | you | | | the Land of Immortality | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | this box | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location box=Theme | | 5 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | at my picture | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at picture=Theme | | 6 | **bear** | future · passive | | you | | earth or the air | | swift as the whirlwind *obl*; along *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/93/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/)