--- title: Follow it, and when it stops, as the gates will be open, you will se… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Follow it, and when it stops, as the gates will be open, you will see the four lions: the two that are awake will, by their roaring, wake the other two, but don’t be frightened, but throw each of them a quarter of mutton, and then clap spurs to your horse and ride to the fountain; fill your bottle w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/57/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/) / 57 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4, sentence 57 Follow it, and when it stops, as the gates will be open, you will see the four lions: the two that are awake will, by their roaring, wake the other two, but don’t be frightened, but throw each of them a quarter of mutton, and then clap spurs to your horse and ride to the fountain; fill your bottle without alighting, and then return with the same expedition. **Who acts:** you, gate, gates, two, Lions · **What happens:** follow, stop, be, see, wake, do · **To what, where:** gate, four lions, other two, each, spurs, horse This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, gate, gates, 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:pg503:52:57 # text = Follow it, and when it stops, as the gates will be open, you will see the four lions: the two that are awake will, by their roaring, wake the other two, but don’t be frightened, but throw each of them a quarter of mutton, and then clap spurs to your horse and ride to the fountain; fill your bottle without alighting, and then return with the same expedition. 1 Follow follow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nsubj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 roaring roaring NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 wake wake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 40 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 47 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 46 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 mutton mutton NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 57 clap clap VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 58 spurs spur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ; ; PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 68 fill fill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 69 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 without without SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 72 alighting alight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 68 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 75 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 76 advmod _ _ 76 return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 77 with with ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 79 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 80 expedition expedition NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | imperative | you *not said here* | gate | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | present | gate | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | future | the gates | | | | | open *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | future | you | the four lions | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lion=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | present | the two | | | | | awake *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **wake** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the other two | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent two=Patient | | 7 | **do** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **frighten** | infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 9 | **throw** | infinitive | you *not said here* | each | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent each=Destination quarter=Theme | | 10 | **clap** | present | you *not said here* | spurs | your horse and ride to the fountain | | then | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent spur=Theme to horse=Recipient | | 11 | **fill** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your bottle | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient | | 12 | **alight** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **return** | infinitive | | | | | then | with the same expedition | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 14 | **roar** | | Lions *= lion* | | | | | | nom roaring «event intransitive»: 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/58/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)