--- title: Round and round he rode, through seven times seven countries, throug… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Round and round he rode, through seven times seven countries, through forests still thicker, and rivers still wider, and mountains still more slippery than the others he had passed, till at length he reached a house where dwelt another old woman. Who acts: Peter. 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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 (Peter), 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:pg2435:27:108 # text = Round and round he rode, through seven times seven countries, through forests still thicker, and rivers still wider, and mountains still more slippery than the others he had passed, till at length he reached a house where dwelt another old woman. 1 Round round ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 1 conj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod:unmarked _ _ 10 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 through through ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 15 still still ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 20 still still ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 wider wide ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 25 still still ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 27 advmod _ _ 27 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 28 than than ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 43 dwelt dwell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 44 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 45 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | Peter | seven countries through seven times | | forests | | round, wide *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through forest=Trajectory | | 2 | **pass** | past · perfect | Peter | the others *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme other=Trajectory | | 3 | **reach** | past | Peter | a house | | length | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent house=Theme at length=Asset | | 4 | **dwell** | participle | | another old woman | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme woman=Location | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/109/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/)