--- title: He took the first path he could find, and after walking for a long t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He took the first path he could find, and after walking for a long time he fancied he saw a faint light, and began to hope that he was coming to some cottage where he might find shelter for the night. Who acts: two. 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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 (two), 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:pg503:23:16 # text = He took the first path he could find, and after walking for a long time he fancied he saw a faint light, and began to hope that he was coming to some cottage where he might find shelter for the night. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 hope hope VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | two | the first path | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme | | 2 | **find** | could | two | the first path *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Topic | | 3 | **walk** | gerund | two *not said here* | | | | time | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fancy** | past | two | a long time *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer time=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | past | two | a faint light | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus | | 6 | **begin** | past | two *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **hope** | to-infinitive | two *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **come** | past · progressive | two | | | some cottage | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cottage=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **find** | might | two | shelter | | | night | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Topic | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/17/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/)