--- title: When any one of us comes back to this place, he must walk round the… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When any one of us comes back to this place, he must walk round the trees of the other two, and if he sees blood flowing from the mark in the tree he will know that that brother is dead, but if milk flows he will know that his brother is alive.’ Who acts: one, fox, blood, brother. 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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 (one, fox, blood, brother), 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:pg641:5:14 # text = When any one of us comes back to this place, he must walk round the trees of the other two, and if he sees blood flowing from the mark in the tree he will know that that brother is dead, but if milk flows he will know that his brother is alive.’ 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 round round ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | present | any one of us | | | this place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **walk** | must | fox | | | the trees of the other two | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round tree=Trajectory | | 3 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | fox | blood | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blood=Stimulus | | 4 | **flow** | gerund | blood *not said here* | | | the mark in the tree | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **know** | future | fox | the mark in the tree *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | present | that brother | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **flow** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | milk | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **know** | future | fox | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** | present | fox's brother | | | | | alive *property* | 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 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/15/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/)