--- title: However, he fared eastward, avoiding all towns, lest the people shou… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, he fared eastward, avoiding all towns, lest the people should laugh at his name, for, you see, he was not a very experienced traveller, and had not yet learned to enjoy a joke even if it were against himself. Who acts: Japan, people, you, joke. 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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 (Japan, people, you, joke), 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:pg7277:14:56 # text = However, he fared eastward, avoiding all towns, lest the people should laugh at his name, for, you see, he was not a very experienced traveller, and had not yet learned to enjoy a joke even if it were against himself. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fared fare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 eastward eastward ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 avoiding avoid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 towns town NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 experienced experienced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 yet yet ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 even even ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 against against ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fare** | past | Japan | | | | | eastward, however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **avoid** | gerund | Japan *not said here* | all towns | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent town=Location | | 3 | **laugh** | should | the people | | | Japan's name | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **is a** | past | Japan | a experienced traveller | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **learn** | past · perfect | | | | | yet | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **enjoy** | to-infinitive | | a joke | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | joke | | | | | against Japan | tree rules | | 9 | **name** | | Japan | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/57/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)