--- title: Before he set forth he looked round about him, to see if there was a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Before he set forth he looked round about him, to see if there was anything in the house he could take with him on his journey; but he found nothing except an old cheese, which he took possession of. Who acts: field, anything, old cheese. 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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 (field, anything, old cheese), 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:pg503:42:20 # text = Before he set forth he looked round about him, to see if there was anything in the house he could take with him on his journey; but he found nothing except an old cheese, which he took possession of. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 forth forth ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 round round ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 15 expl _ _ 15 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 15 nsubj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl:relcl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 31 obj _ _ 33 except except ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | field | | | | | forth *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **look round** | past | field | | | | | about tailor; round *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about he=Theme | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | field *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | anything | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | could | field | | | field's journey | | with tailor | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on journey=Destination | | 6 | **find** | past | field | nothing | | | | except a old cheese | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 7 | **take** | past | a old cheese | possession | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 8 | **journey** | | field | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/21/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/)