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title: And gladly would these two have walked thus for ever, but in the mur… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: And gladly would these two have walked thus for ever, but in the murmur of the wind he heard the Master of Life saying to him, ‘Return whither you came, for I have work for you to do, and your people need you, and for many years you shall rule over them. Who acts: two, thought, you, I. A sentence of
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, In the Land of Souls (21), sentence 39

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And gladly would these two have walked thus for ever, but in the murmur of the wind he heard the Master of Life saying to him, ‘Return whither you came, for I have work for you to do, and your people need you, and for many years you shall rule over them.

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**Who acts:** two, thought, you, I, people · **What happens:** walk, hear, say, return, come, have · **To what, where:** Master, murmur, thought, work, you, wind · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, In the Land of Souls (21). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two, thought, you, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:28:39
# text = And gladly would these two have walked thus for ever, but in the murmur of the wind he heard the Master of Life saying to him, ‘Return whither you came, for I have work for you to do, and your people need you, and for many years you shall rule over them.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	gladly	gladly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	walked	walk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	murmur	murmur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Life	Life	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	Return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	ccomp	_	_
31	whither	whither	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	33	advmod	_	_
32	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
36	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
38	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
39	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
40	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
45	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	nsubj	_	_
47	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	_
48	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
51	for	for	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obl	_	_
54	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
55	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	conj	_	_
57	over	over	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | would · perfect | this two |  |  |  |  | gladly, thus *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | past | thought | the Master of Life |  | the murmur of the wind |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer master=Stimulus |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | thought *not said here* |  | thought |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic |
| 4 | **return** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **come** | past | you |  |  |  |  | whither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **have** | present | I | work |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Patient |
| 7 | **do** | to-infinitive | you | work *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **need** | present | your people | you |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme |
| 9 | **rule** | shall | you |  |  |  | year | over people | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **murmur** |  |  | the wind |  |  |  |  | nom murmur «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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