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title: For some days no one dared venture near the banks of the stream, but… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 55

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For some days no one dared venture near the banks of the stream, but at length some of the watchmen noticed that early in the mornings, just at dawn, a man with a gold beard came down to the brook with a pail, which he filled up to the brim with milk, and then vanished like smoke before they could get near enough to see who he was.

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**Who acts:** one, some, dared venture, pail, watchmen, venture · **What happens:** dare, venture, notice, come down, fill up, vanish · **To what, where:** banks, length, brook · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, some, dared venture, pail), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2435:20:55
# text = For some days no one dared venture near the banks of the stream, but at length some of the watchmen noticed that early in the mornings, just at dawn, a man with a gold beard came down to the brook with a pail, which he filled up to the brim with milk, and then vanished like smoke before they could get near enough to see who he was.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	dared	dare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	venture	venture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
18	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	22	nsubj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	watchmen	watchman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
22	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
24	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	22	advmod	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	mornings	morning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	just	just	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
30	at	at	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	_
35	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
39	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
40	down	down	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	pail	pail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	50	nsubj	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	acl:relcl	_	_
51	up	up	ADP	RP	_	50	compound:prt	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	brim	brim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
55	with	with	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
59	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	60	advmod	_	_
60	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	conj	_	_
61	like	like	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
63	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	66	mark	_	_
64	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
65	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	66	aux	_	_
66	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	advcl	_	_
67	near	near	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
68	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
69	to	to	PART	TO	_	70	mark	_	_
70	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	xcomp	_	_
71	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	70	ccomp	_	_
72	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj	_	_
73	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	39	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dare** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **venture** |  | no one |  |  | the banks of the stream | day |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **notice** | past | some |  |  | length | dawn; morning | early *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **come down** | past | dared venture |  |  | the brook with a pail |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to brook=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **fill up** | past | a pail |  |  |  |  | to the brim with milk | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **vanish** | past | dared venture *not said here* |  |  |  | then | like smoke | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **get** | could | watchmen *= watchman* |  |  |  |  | near *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 8 | **see** | to-infinitive | watchmen *= watchman* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **is a** | past | venture |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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