--- title: There he began to cut down a tree, but before long he made a false s… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There he began to cut down a tree, but before long he made a false stroke with his axe, and cut his own arm so badly that he was obliged to go home and have it bound up. Who acts: youngest, arm. 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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 (youngest, arm), 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:pg540:48:6 # text = There he began to cut down a tree, but before long he made a false stroke with his axe, and cut his own arm so badly that he was obliged to go home and have it bound up. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 home home ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 xcomp _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | youngest *= young* | | | there | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **cut down** | to-infinitive | youngest *= young* *not said here* | a tree | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tree=Product | | 3 | **make** | past | youngest *= young* | a false stroke | | | | with youngest's axe | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stroke=Product | | 4 | **cut** | past | | youngest's own arm | | | | badly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset arm=Product | | 5 | **oblige** | past · passive | | youngest *= young* | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **have** | present | youngest *= young* *not said here* | arm | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **bind up** | participle | arm *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/7/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/)