--- title: 'Go straight down the path in front of you,' continued the fairy, sm… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Go straight down the path in front of you,' continued the fairy, smiling as she watched her; 'go straight down the path and you will soon reach a little hut where you will find shelter.' Who acts: you, fairy. 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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, fairy), 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:pg3027:24:1 # text = 'Go straight down the path in front of you,' continued the fairy, smiling as she watched her; 'go straight down the path and you will soon reach a little hut where you will find shelter.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 straight straight ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 down down ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 13 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 straight straight ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 down down ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 33 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | front of you | | down the path | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme down path=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **continue** | past | | the fairy | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fairy=Theme | | 3 | **smile** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **watch** | past | fairy | her *= she* | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the path | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme down path=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **reach** | future | you | a little hut | | | | soon *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hut=Theme | | 7 | **find** | future | you | shelter | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Topic | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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: [Opening, part 23, 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/101/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/)