--- title: The word was given for him to mount the steps which led to the top o… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The word was given for him to mount the steps which led to the top of the cask, when, suddenly, some men were seen running with all their might, crying as they went that a large ship with its sails spread was making straight for the city. Who acts: steps, men, words, large ship. 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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 (steps, men, words, large ship), 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:pg3282:23:82 # text = The word was given for him to mount the steps which led to the top of the cask, when, suddenly, some men were seen running with all their might, crying as they went that a large ship with its sails spread was making straight for the city. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 mount mount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cask cask NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 28 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 xcomp _ _ 29 with with SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 conj _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 48 straight straight ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | | the word | | | | for boy | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for he=Asset | | 2 | **mount** | to-infinitive | | the steps | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Patient | | 3 | **lead** | past | the steps | | | | | to the top of the cask | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to top=Patient | | 4 | **see** | past · passive | | some men | | | | suddenly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **run** | gerund | some men *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | some men *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **go** | past | words *= word* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **spread** | past | a large ship with ship's sails *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **make** | past · progressive | a large ship with ship's sails | the city | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material city=Product | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/83/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/)