--- title: But as he went forward he saw one of them turned out of the road at… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But as he went forward he saw one of them turned out of the road at some distance, and showed by his head and tail that he did not come to do him any harm, but only to go before him, and that the other stayed behind to follow, he put his sword up again in its scabbard. 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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 (Prince, one, head, other), 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:pg503:52:62 # text = But as he went forward he saw one of them turned out of the road at some distance, and showed by his head and tail that he did not come to do him any harm, but only to go before him, and that the other stayed behind to follow, he put his sword up again in its scabbard. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 forward forward ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ _ 11 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 36 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 42 before before ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 nsubj _ _ 49 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 50 behind behind ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 up up ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ _ 59 again again ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 scabbard scabbard NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Prince | | | | | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **turn out** | past | one of Lions | the road | | | | at some distance | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location road=Theme | | 4 | **show** | past | Prince *not said here* | | | | | by Prince's head and tail | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | Prince's head and tail | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | Prince's head and tail *not said here* | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | before Prince | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before he=Location | | 8 | **stay** | past | the other | | | | | behind *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **follow** | to-infinitive | the other *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **put up** | past | Prince | Prince's sword | | distance's scabbard | again | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Theme in scabbard=Destination | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/63/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)