--- title: They continued to go on their way together, and as they passed by a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They continued to go on their way together, and as they passed by a cherry tree the giant grasped the top of it, where the ripest fruit hung, gave the branches into the tailor’s hand, and bade him eat. Who acts: drops, giant. 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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 (drops, giant), 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:pg503:42:50 # text = They continued to go on their way together, and as they passed by a cherry tree the giant grasped the top of it, where the ripest fruit hung, gave the branches into the tailor’s hand, and bade him eat. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 together together ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 cherry cherry NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 grasped grasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 ripest ripe ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 29 amod _ _ 29 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | drops *= drop* | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | drops *= drop* *not said here* | | | drops's way | | together *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | | 3 | **pass** | past | drops *= drop* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **grasp** | past | the giant | the top of tree | | | | by a cherry tree | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer top=Stimulus | | 5 | **hang** | participle · passive | | the ripest fruit | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **give** | past | the giant *not said here* | the branches | | the tailor's hand | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme | | 7 | **eat** | present | | bade | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/51/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/)