--- title: The next time Guido went to the forest he forgot to take the axe wit… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The next time Guido went to the forest he forgot to take the axe with which to chop the wood, but there appeared before him the monkey he had liberated, and the grateful animal, with his teeth and nails, cut the wood for him. Who acts: Guido. 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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 (Guido), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:6:53 # text = The next time Guido went to the forest he forgot to take the axe with which to chop the wood, but there appeared before him the monkey he had liberated, and the grateful animal, with his teeth and nails, cut the wood for him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 Guido Guido PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 chop chop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 24 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 25 before before ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 liberated liberate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Guido | the next time *not said here* | | | | to the forest | tree rules | | 2 | **forget** | past | Guido | | | | time | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **take** | to-infinitive | Guido *not said here* | the axe | | | | which *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument axe=Theme which=Destination | | 4 | **chop** | to-infinitive | Guido *not said here* | the wood | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient | | 5 | **appear** | past | Guido *not said here* | the monkey | | there | before Guido | with Guido's teeth and nails; the grateful animal *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location monkey=Theme | | 6 | **liberate** | past · perfect | Guido | the monkey *not said here* | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Theme | | 7 | **cut** | infinitive | | the wood | | | | for Guido | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent wood=Product for he=Beneficiary | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/6/)