--- title: I took up the bundle that contained everything belonging to the corp… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I took up the bundle that contained everything belonging to the corpse that was valuable, intending to take my departure from this melancholy abode; but just as I came to the mouth of the entrance I saw the guards of the place coming towards me, and distinctly heard them saying that they would look --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/97/) [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 Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/) / 97 # The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 97 I took up the bundle that contained everything belonging to the corpse that was valuable, intending to take my departure from this melancholy abode; but just as I came to the mouth of the entrance I saw the guards of the place coming towards me, and distinctly heard them saying that they would look in the vault, for that the Black Thief would think little of robbing the corpse if he was anywhere in the place. **Who acts:** I, bundle, corpse, place, guards, Black Thief · **What happens:** take up, contain, belong, be, intend, take · **To what, where:** bundle, everything, departure, melancholy abode, mouth, guards · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, bundle, corpse, place), 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:pg540:8:97 # text = I took up the bundle that contained everything belonging to the corpse that was valuable, intending to take my departure from this melancholy abode; but just as I came to the mouth of the entrance I saw the guards of the place coming towards me, and distinctly heard them saying that they would look in the vault, for that the Black Thief would think little of robbing the corpse if he was anywhere in the place. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 7 obj _ _ 9 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 intending intend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 24 melancholy melancholy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 just just ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 acl _ _ 46 towards towards ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 distinctly distinctly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 52 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 ccomp _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 vault vault NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 62 for for SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 63 that that SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 Black Black PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 compound _ _ 66 Thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 67 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 69 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 obl:unmarked _ _ 70 of of SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 71 robbing rob VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 69 advcl _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 74 if if SCONJ IN _ 77 mark _ _ 75 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 76 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 cop _ _ 77 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 68 parataxis _ _ 78 in in ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take up** | past | I | the bundle | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme | | 2 | **contain** | past | the bundle | everything | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot everything=Theme | | 3 | **belong** | gerund | | | | | | to the corpse | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the corpse | | | | | valuable *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **intend** | gerund | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | my departure | | this melancholy abode | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent departure=Theme from abode=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **come** | past | I | | | the mouth of the entrance | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mouth=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **see** | past | I | the guards of the place | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guard=Stimulus | | 9 | **come** | gerund | the place *not said here* | | | | | towards me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards i=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **hear** | past | I *not said here* | guards *= guard* | | | | distinctly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **look** | would | guards *= guard* | | | | | in the vault | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in vault=Theme | | 13 | **think** *speech: other* | would | the Black Thief | little | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **rob** | gerund | the Black Thief *not said here* | the corpse | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corpse=Source | | 15 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Thief | | | the place | | anywhere *property* | tree rules | | 16 | **depart** | | my | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/98/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)