--- title: Once over the mountain keep along by the side of a little bay till y… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Once over the mountain keep along by the side of a little bay till you come to two trees, one green and the other red, standing in a thicket, and so far back from the road that without looking for them you would never see them. 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:pg2435:23:33 # text = Once over the mountain keep along by the side of a little bay till you come to two trees, one green and the other red, standing in a thicket, and so far back from the road that without looking for them you would never see them. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 2 over over ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 along along ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 bay bay NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 till till SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 41 without without SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl:relcl _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | | | | the mountain | | by the side of a little bay; along, once *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent over mountain=Location | | 2 | **come** | present | you | | | two trees | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **stand** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | a thicket | | from the road | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in thicket=Location | | 4 | **look** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | for trees *= tree* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for they=Theme | | 5 | **not** **see** | would | you | the road | | | | | tree rules | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/34/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/)