--- title: On their way they crossed a deep valley and came to a mountain, wher… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On their way they crossed a deep valley and came to a mountain, where the man opened a trapdoor, and bidding Hans follow him, he crept in and began to go down a long flight of steps. Who acts: pounds, man, bidding Hans. 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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 (pounds, man, bidding Hans), 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:pg3027:38:100 # text = On their way they crossed a deep valley and came to a mountain, where the man opened a trapdoor, and bidding Hans follow him, he crept in and began to go down a long flight of steps. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 crossed cross VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 trapdoor trapdoor NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 bidding bid VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 amod _ _ 24 Hans han NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 follow follow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 30 in in ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 down down ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cross** | past | pounds *= pound* | a deep valley | | pounds's way | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valley=Patient | | 2 | **come** | past | pounds *= pound* *not said here* | | | a mountain | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **open** | past | the man | a trapdoor | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location trapdoor=Theme | | 4 | **bid** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **follow** | present | bidding Hans | man | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **creep in** | past | man | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **begin** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **go down** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | a long flight of steps | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient flight=Extent | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/101/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/)