--- title: In his house is much gold, and what is more precious even than the g… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In his house is much gold, and what is more precious even than the gold, a little bridge, which lengthens out when the Bad One waves his hand, so that there is no river or sea that he cannot cross. Who acts: much gold, little bridge, Bad One, river. 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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 (much gold, little bridge, Bad One, river), 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:pg3282:6:124 # text = In his house is much gold, and what is more precious even than the gold, a little bridge, which lengthens out when the Bad One waves his hand, so that there is no river or sea that he cannot cross. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ _ 12 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 13 even even ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 than than ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 lengthens lengthen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 One one NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 waves wave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 36 expl _ _ 36 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 38 det _ _ 38 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | much gold and a little bridge | | boy's house | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | much gold and a little bridge | | | | | than the gold; precious *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **lengthen out** | present | a little bridge | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **wave** | present | the Bad One | boy's hand | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 5 | **does** | present | no river or sea | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **cross** | can | river | no river or sea *not said here* | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/6/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/6/125/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/6/)