--- title: When they had crossed over, Vassili said: ‘Let the next man who come… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they had crossed over, Vassili said: ‘Let the next man who comes stay in the boat, but do you step on shore, push the boat off, and you will be free, and the other man must take your place. Who acts: windows, Vassili, next man, you. 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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 (windows, Vassili, next man, you), 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:pg641:4:148 # text = When they had crossed over, Vassili said: ‘Let the next man who comes stay in the boat, but do you step on shore, push the boat off, and you will be free, and the other man must take your place. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 crossed cross VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 5 over over ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 Vassili Vassili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 step step VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 off off ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cross over** | past · perfect | windows *= window* | | | | | over *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Vassili | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | the next man | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 4 | **come** | present | the next man | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stay** | present | the next man *not said here* | | | the boat | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in boat=Location | | 6 | **step** | present · do-support | you | | | shore | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shore=Trajectory | | 7 | **push off** | infinitive | | the boat | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme | | 8 | **is** | future | you | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **take** | must | the other man | your place | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/147/) - next →: [sentence 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/149/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/4/)