--- title: As he walks the said roads he shall take the utmost care not to tram… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As he walks the said roads he shall take the utmost care not to trample upon the bodies of any of our loving subjects, their horses or carriages, nor take any of our subjects into his hands without their own consent. Who acts: Mountain, roads. 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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 (Mountain, roads), 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:pg503:45:28 # text = As he walks the said roads he shall take the utmost care not to trample upon the bodies of any of our loving subjects, their horses or carriages, nor take any of our subjects into his hands without their own consent. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 trample trample VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 loving loving ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 carriages carriage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 32 cc _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 33 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 32 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 40 without without ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | Mountain | the said roads | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme road=Trajectory | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | shall | Mountain | the utmost care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 4 | **not** **trample** | to-infinitive | Mountain *not said here* | | | | | upon the bodies of any | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | Mountain *not said here* | any | | Mountain's hands | | without roads's own consent | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent any=Theme into hand=Destination | | 6 | **consent** | | roads *= road* | | | | | | nom consent «communication 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/29/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/)