--- title: Full of hope he hurried across the bridge, and recognised at once th… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Full of hope he hurried across the bridge, and recognised at once the spot where the castle was to stand, for spades, hammers, axes, and every other building implement lay scattered on the ground ready for the workman’s hand, but of gold, silver, and precious stones there was not a sign. 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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 (Prince, castle), 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:pg640:25:83 # text = Full of hope he hurried across the bridge, and recognised at once the spot where the castle was to stand, for spades, hammers, axes, and every other building implement lay scattered on the ground ready for the workman’s hand, but of gold, silver, and precious stones there was not a sign. 1 Full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 across across ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 recognised recognise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 once once SCONJ IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 spades spade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 hammers hammer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 axes ax NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 32 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 implement implement NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 workman workman NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 56 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 57 expl _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurry** | past | Prince | hope *not said here* | | the bridge | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hope=Theme across bridge=Trajectory | | 2 | **recognise** | participle | | | | the spot | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | the castle | | | | | for spades and hammers and axes; stand *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **scatter** | past · passive | | every other building implement | | the ground | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on ground=Destination | | 5 | **not** **is a** | past | | a sign | | | | of gold and silver and precious stones | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/84/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/)