--- title: “If I should never come back from this journey I fear that it may no… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “If I should never come back from this journey I fear that it may not be safe for you to stay here; so directly there are no more hopes of my return go instantly and take the road eastwards till you reach a high mountain, which you must cross. Who acts: children, journey, you, more hopes. 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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 (children, journey, you, more hopes), 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:pg2435:23:32 # text = “If I should never come back from this journey I fear that it may not be safe for you to stay here; so directly there are no more hopes of my return go instantly and take the road eastwards till you reach a high mountain, which you must cross. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 18 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 23 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 directly directly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 29 no no ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 amod _ _ 31 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 eastwards eastward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 42 till till SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 reach reach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come back** *in a quote* | should | children *= child* | | | this journey | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from journey=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **fear** *in a quote* | present | children *= child* | this journey *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer journey=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | may | journey | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **stay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **does** *in a quote* | present | more hopes | | | there | | directly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | more hopes *not said here* | | | | | of my return; instantly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of return=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | more hopes *not said here* | the road eastwards | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eastward=Theme | | 8 | **reach** *in a quote* | present | you | a high mountain | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme | | 9 | **cross** *in a quote* | must | a high mountain | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **return** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/33/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/)