--- title: After riding for a day and a night, almost without stopping, he came… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After riding for a day and a night, almost without stopping, he came to a great cave where he made the woman dismount, and, taking her and the baby into the cave, he drew his sword and with one blow chopped her head off. Who acts: king, one blow. 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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 (king, one blow), 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:pg3282:33:49 # text = After riding for a day and a night, almost without stopping, he came to a great cave where he made the woman dismount, and, taking her and the baby into the cave, he drew his sword and with one blow chopped her head off. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 almost almost ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 without without SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 dismount dismount NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 with with SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 chopped chop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 off off ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | day | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stop** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | almost *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **come** | past | king | | | a great cave | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cave=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **make** | past | king | the woman dismount | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dismount=Product | | 5 | **take** | gerund | king *not said here* | messenger | | the cave | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into cave=Destination | | 6 | **draw** | past | king | king's sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 7 | **chop off** | past | one blow | messenger's head | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=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 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/50/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)