--- title: And he went back to his own home and got all his possessions togethe… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And he went back to his own home and got all his possessions together, and, taking his wife and family, he set out resolved to go and live in that country where the people did not die, but where instead they heard a voice calling them, which they followed into a land from which they never returned. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/13/) [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 Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Voice of Death](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/) / 13 # The Red Fairy Book, The Voice of Death, sentence 13 And he went back to his own home and got all his possessions together, and, taking his wife and family, he set out resolved to go and live in that country where the people did not die, but where instead they heard a voice calling them, which they followed into a land from which they never returned. **Who acts:** voice, people · **What happens:** go back, get, take, set out, resolve, go · **To what, where:** possessions, wife, country, voice, people, land · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Voice of Death. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (voice, people), 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:pg540:27:13 # text = And he went back to his own home and got all his possessions together, and, taking his wife and family, he set out resolved to go and live in that country where the people did not die, but where instead they heard a voice calling them, which they followed into a land from which they never returned. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 together together ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 38 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 44 instead instead ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 xcomp _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 obj _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 55 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 from from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 obl _ _ 60 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 62 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past | voice | | | | | to voice's own home *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | | 2 | **get** | past | voice *not said here* | voice's possessions | | | | together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer possession=Stimulus | | 3 | **take** | gerund | voice *not said here* | | voice's wife and family | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination | | 4 | **set out** | past | voice | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **resolve** | participle | voice *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | voice *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **live** | infinitive | voice *not said here* | | | that country | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location | | 8 | **not** **die** | past · do-support | the people | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **hear** | past | people | a voice | | | | instead *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **call** | gerund | a voice *not said here* | people | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 11 | **follow** | past | people | | | a land | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent which=Theme into land=Trajectory | | 12 | **not** **return** | past | people | | | a land | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial\_Location | | 13 | **possess** | | voice | | | | | | nom possession «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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/14/) - ↑ back to [The Voice of Death](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/27/)