--- title: ‘Now,’ says he, ‘we must stay here till night comes; for I know all… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now,’ says he, ‘we must stay here till night comes; for I know all the ways of the place, and if there be any chance for it, it is when they are all at rest; for the steed is all the watch the knight keeps there.’ Who acts: we, night, I, chance. 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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 (we, night, I, chance), 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:pg540:8:55 # text = ‘Now,’ says he, ‘we must stay here till night comes; for I know all the ways of the place, and if there be any chance for it, it is when they are all at rest; for the steed is all the watch the knight keeps there.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 12 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 13 till till SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advcl _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 31 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 32 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 all all ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 51 det:predet _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 55 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | Thief | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | must | we | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | present | night | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **know** | present | I | all ways of the place | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** | infinitive | | any chance | | | | for chance | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | chance | | | rest | | all *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | present | the steed | all watch | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **keep** | present | the knight | all watch *not said here* | | there | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/56/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)