--- title: He followed the road that led from his father’s cottage to the hill,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He followed the road that led from his father’s cottage to the hill, where he sat down to rest, saying to himself: “I am sure my brothers must have stopped here, and I will do the same.” Who acts: man, road. 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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 (man, road), 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:pg2435:22:14 # text = He followed the road that led from his father’s cottage to the hill, where he sat down to rest, saying to himself: “I am sure my brothers must have stopped here, and I will do the same.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 down down ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux _ _ 35 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 ccomp _ _ 36 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past | man | the road | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lead** | past | the road | | | man's father's cottage | | to the hill | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to hill=Patient | | 3 | **sit down** | past | man | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rest** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | man *not said here* | | man | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | man | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **stop** *in a quote* | must · perfect · passive | | my brothers | | here | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | future | man | the same | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/15/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/)