--- title: When the last one was gone, Ian should have gone also, and left the… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the last one was gone, Ian should have gone also, and left the three sisters to come after him; but he had forgotten the raven's warning, and bade them go first, lest some accident should happen. Who acts: last one, Ian, accident, raven. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Ope --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/66/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/) / 66 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 5, sentence 66 When the last one was gone, Ian should have gone also, and left the three sisters to come after him; but he had forgotten the raven's warning, and bade them go first, lest some accident should happen. **Who acts:** last one, Ian, accident, raven · **What happens:** be, go, leave, come, forget, happen · **To what, where:** three sisters, warning, bade This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last one, Ian, accident, raven), 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:pg3027:5:66 # text = When the last one was gone, Ian should have gone also, and left the three sisters to come after him; but he had forgotten the raven's warning, and bade them go first, lest some accident should happen. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux _ _ 11 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 12 also also ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 after after ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 37 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the last one | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | should · perfect | Ian | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | past | | the three sisters | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme | | 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | | | | | after Ian | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **forget** | past · perfect | Ian | the raven's warning | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | present | | bade | | | | first *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **happen** | should | some accident | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **warn** | | the raven | | | | | | nom warning «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:** «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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/67/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/)