--- title: They kept together for some time, till they reached a place where th… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They kept together for some time, till they reached a place where the path they had been following split into two, and one of the brothers called his dog and went to the left, while the others took the trail to the right. Who acts: boys, one, others. 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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 (boys, one, others), 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:pg3282:14:44 # text = They kept together for some time, till they reached a place where the path they had been following split into two, and one of the brothers called his dog and went to the left, while the others took the trail to the right. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 together together ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 till till SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 split split VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 while while SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep together** | past | boys *= boy* | | | | time | together *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reach** | past | boys *= boy* | a place | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 3 | **split** | past · perfect · passive | | the path | | | | into two *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into two=Result | | 4 | **call** | past | one of the brothers | | brother's dog | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient | | 5 | **go** | past | one of the brothers *not said here* | | | the left | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to left=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **take** | past | the others | the trail | | the right | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent trail=Theme to right=Destination | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/45/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/)