--- title: As none came, one day they made a vow at the shrine of St. James tha… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As none came, one day they made a vow at the shrine of St. James that if their prayers were granted the boy should set out on a pilgrimage as soon as he had passed his eighteenth birthday. Who acts: none, king, boy. 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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 (none, king, boy), 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:pg2435:37:8 # text = As none came, one day they made a vow at the shrine of St. James that if their prayers were granted the boy should set out on a pilgrimage as soon as he had passed his eighteenth birthday. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 shrine shrine NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:desc _ _ 16 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 pilgrimage pilgrimage NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 eighteenth eighteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | none | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | king | a vow | | the shrine of James St. | day | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset vow=Product | | 3 | **grant** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | king's prayers | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **set out** | should | the boy | | | a pilgrimage | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **pass** | past · perfect | boy | boy's eighteenth birthday | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme birthday=Trajectory | | 6 | **pray** | | king | | | | | | nom prayer «act 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/9/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/)