--- title: The further off this castle is the faster we ought to walk, but as y… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The further off this castle is the faster we ought to walk, but as you don’t appear to enjoy that, I will promise that we will go gently, and we can talk by the way.’ Who acts: further castle, we, you, I. 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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 (further castle, we, you, I), 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:pg7277:37:51 # text = The further off this castle is the faster we ought to walk, but as you don’t appear to enjoy that, I will promise that we will go gently, and we can talk by the way.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 18 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 31 gently gently ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the further castle | | | | | fast *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | ought | we | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **appear** | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **enjoy** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | that | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | future | I | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** | future | we | | | | | gently *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **talk** | can | we | | | | | by the way | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/52/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)