--- title: However, I found running was of no use in saving me, as long as I ha… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, I found running was of no use in saving me, as long as I had the ring on my foot; so I took my sword and cut off the toe it was fastened on, and threw both into a large fish-pond that was convenient. Who acts: I, use, toe, large fish pond. 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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 (I, use, toe, large fish pond), 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:pg540:8:132 # text = However, I found running was of no use in saving me, as long as I had the ring on my foot; so I took my sword and cut off the toe it was fastened on, and threw both into a large fish-pond that was convenient. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 10 in in SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 saving save VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 as as ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 32 off off ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 toe toe NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 on on ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 42 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 41 obj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 45 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 convenient convenient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | I | | | | | however *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | of no use | tree rules | | 4 | **save** | gerund | no use *not said here* | me | | | | long *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | I | the ring | | my foot | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient | | 6 | **take** | past | I | my sword | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 7 | **cut off** | participle | I *not said here* | the toe | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector toe=Eventuality | | 8 | **fasten on** | past · passive | the toe *not said here* | ring | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **throw** | past | I *not said here* | both | | | | into a large fish pond *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer both=Theme into pond=Result | | 10 | **is** | past | a large fish pond | | | | | convenient *property* | tree rules | 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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/133/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)