--- title: He walked through the forest for several days without seeing anyone… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He walked through the forest for several days without seeing anyone but his friends the squirrels and the bears and the birds, but though he stopped and spoke to them all, he was careful not to let them know where he was going. Who acts: He, friends. 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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 (He, friends), 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:pg3282:7:2 # text = He walked through the forest for several days without seeing anyone but his friends the squirrels and the bears and the birds, but though he stopped and spoke to them all, he was careful not to let them know where he was going. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 9 without without SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obj _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 squirrels squirrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 though though SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | He | | | the forest | day | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory | | 2 | **see** | gerund | He *not said here* | anyone | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** | past | he | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | he *not said here* | | birds *= bird* | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | he | | | | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **let** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | friends *= friend* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **know** | infinitive | friends *= friend* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **go** | past · progressive | he | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/3/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/)