--- title: Scarcely had he left the town behind him when he came to a broad riv… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Scarcely had he left the town behind him when he came to a broad river which no man might pass, for he was standing at the end of the world, and this was the river which flowed round it. Who acts: Scarcely, man, this, river. 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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 (Scarcely, man, this, river), 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:pg2435:19:26 # text = Scarcely had he left the town behind him when he came to a broad river which no man might pass, for he was standing at the end of the world, and this was the river which flowed round it. 1 Scarcely Scarcely PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 behind behind ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 round round ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Scarcely | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | past | Scarcely | the town | | | | behind prince | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent town=Theme behind he=Location | | 3 | **come** | past | Scarcely | | | a broad river | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **pass** | might | no man | a broad river | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme which=Trajectory | | 5 | **stand** | past · progressive | Scarcely | | | | at the end of the world | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location | | 6 | **is a** | past | this | the river | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **flow** | past | the river | | | | | round river | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/27/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/)