--- title: So they parted once more, and each took his own road, but in a very… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they parted once more, and each took his own road, but in a very short time the same thing happened again—they met each other before they were at all aware, and so it happened the third time also. Who acts: feathers, each, same thing, it. 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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 (feathers, each, same thing, it), 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:pg540:44:81 # text = So they parted once more, and each took his own road, but in a very short time the same thing happened again—they met each other before they were at all aware, and so it happened the third time also. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 parted part VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 9 nsubj _ _ 9 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 24 again again ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 — - PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 27 obj _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 fixed _ _ 30 before before SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 aware aware ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 43 amod _ _ 43 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 44 also also ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **part** | past | feathers *= feather* | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **take** | past | each | King's own road | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 3 | **happen** | past | the same thing | | | | again; time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **meet** | past | feathers *= feather* | each | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | feathers *= feather* | | | | | aware *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **happen** | past | it | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/82/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/)