--- title: ‘Go to the mountain, which you will find so thickly covered with sto… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Go to the mountain, which you will find so thickly covered with stones that you will hardly be able to place your feet, and walk straight forward, turning neither to the right hand nor to the left, and paying no heed to the laughs and scoffs which will follow you, till you reach the top, and then y --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/98/) [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 Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/) / 98 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 98 ‘Go to the mountain, which you will find so thickly covered with stones that you will hardly be able to place your feet, and walk straight forward, turning neither to the right hand nor to the left, and paying no heed to the laughs and scoffs which will follow you, till you reach the top, and then you may take all that you desire.’ **Who acts:** you, stones, laughs · **What happens:** go, find, cover, be, walk, turn · **To what, where:** mountain, thickly, place, right hand, heed, you This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, stones, laughs), 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:pg5615:20:98 # text = ‘Go to the mountain, which you will find so thickly covered with stones that you will hardly be able to place your feet, and walk straight forward, turning neither to the right hand nor to the left, and paying no heed to the laughs and scoffs which will follow you, till you reach the top, and then you may take all that you desire.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 thickly thickly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obj _ _ 13 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 21 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 xcomp _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 straight straight ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 forward forward ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 33 neither neither ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 41 cc _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 paying pay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 laughs laugh NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 scoffs scoff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 53 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 acl:relcl _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 till till SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 reach reach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 64 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 67 advmod _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 68 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 71 det:predet _ _ 69 that that SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 70 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the mountain | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **find** | future | you | thickly | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Theme thickly=Attribute | | 3 | **cover** | participle | | | | | | with stones | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with stone=Theme | | 4 | **is** | future | stones | place and your feet | | | | able, hardly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **walk** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | the right hand nor the left | | neither *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to hand=Trajectory | | 7 | **pay** | gerund | you *not said here* | no heed | | | | to the laughs and scoffs | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Asset | | 8 | **follow** | future | the laughs and scoffs | you | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 9 | **reach** | present | you | the top | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent top=Theme | | 10 | **take** | may | you | | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **desire** | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/99/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/)