--- title: Like Ardan, Ruais chose the large, unblessed cake, and set forth on… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Like Ardan, Ruais chose the large, unblessed cake, and set forth on his way, doing always, though he knew it not, that which Ardan had done; so, needless is it to tell what befell him till he too stood, a pillar of stone, on the hill behind the cottage, so that all men might see the fate that awaite --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/30/42/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/30/) / 42 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 30, sentence 42 Like Ardan, Ruais chose the large, unblessed cake, and set forth on his way, doing always, though he knew it not, that which Ardan had done; so, needless is it to tell what befell him till he too stood, a pillar of stone, on the hill behind the cottage, so that all men might see the fate that awaited those who broke their faith. **Who acts:** Ruais, that, Ardan, men, fate · **What happens:** choose, unbless, set, do, not know, be · **To what, where:** large unblessed cake, way, cake, Ruais, pillar, hill · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ruais, that, Ardan, men), 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:pg3027:30:42 # text = Like Ardan, Ruais chose the large, unblessed cake, and set forth on his way, doing always, though he knew it not, that which Ardan had done; so, needless is it to tell what befell him till he too stood, a pillar of stone, on the hill behind the cottage, so that all men might see the fate that awaited those who broke their faith. 1 Like like ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Ardan Ardan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Ruais Ruais PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 unblessed unbless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 14 forth forth ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 20 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 though though SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 30 Ardan Ardan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 needless needless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 csubj _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 42 nsubj _ _ 42 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 till till SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 too too ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 57 behind behind ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 61 so so SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 63 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 64 det _ _ 64 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nsubj _ _ 65 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 70 nsubj _ _ 70 awaited await VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 acl:relcl _ _ 71 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 70 obj _ _ 72 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 73 nsubj _ _ 73 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 acl:relcl _ _ 74 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | Ruais | the large unblessed cake | | | | like Ardan | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme | | 2 | **unbless** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **set** | infinitive | Ruais *not said here* | | | Ruais's way | | forth *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on way=Destination | | 4 | **do** | gerund | Ruais *not said here* | | | | | always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **know** | past | Ruais | cake | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | that | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 7 | **is a** | present | | cake | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **befall** | past | | Ruais | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **stand** | past | Ardan | a pillar of stone | | the hill behind the cottage | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location | | 11 | **see** | might | all men | the fate | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus | | 12 | **await** | past | the fate | the fate | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **break** | past | | consent's faith | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer faith=Patient | 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: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/30/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/30/43/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/30/)