--- title: Go to the Red Sea; on the right shore stand many rods--count them, a… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Go to the Red Sea; on the right shore stand many rods--count them, and when thou comest to the eleventh, break it off, and smite the dragon with it; and so the lion will have the victory, and both of them will appear to you in their own forms. Who acts: you, thou, lion, both. 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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, thou, lion, both), 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:pg2591:44:47 # text = Go to the Red Sea; on the right shore stand many rods--count them, and when thou comest to the eleventh, break it off, and smite the dragon with it; and so the lion will have the victory, and both of them will appear to you in their own forms. 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 11 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 12 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 21 comest come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 eleventh eleventh NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 26 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 51 nsubj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 56 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the Red Sea | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sea=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **stand** | present | | many rods | | the right shore | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rod=Theme on shore=Destination | | 3 | **count** | infinitive | | rods *= rod* | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **come** | present | thou | | | the eleventh | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to eleventh=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **break off** | infinitive | | Sea | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 6 | **smite** | infinitive | | the dragon | | | | with Sea | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient with it=Instrument | | 7 | **have** | future | the lion | the victory | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Patient | | 8 | **appear** | future | both | | you | rods's own forms | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Location | | 9 | **form** | | rods *= rod* | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/48/) - ↑ back to [Lily and the Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/44/)