--- title: Here he was told, ‘It will never do for you to ride through the fore… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Here he was told, ‘It will never do for you to ride through the forest, it is full of robbers, and you’re sure to come to grief, especially when they see that you and your horse are golden. Who acts: world, you, children. 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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 (world, you, children), 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:pg7277:49:50 # text = Here he was told, ‘It will never do for you to ride through the forest, it is full of robbers, and you’re sure to come to grief, especially when they see that you and your horse are golden. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 15 through through ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’re be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 especially especially ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 43 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | brother | | here | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **do** | future | world | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ride** | to-infinitive | you | | | the forest | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through forest=Trajectory | | 4 | **is** | present | world | | | | | of robbers; full *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **does** | present | you | | | | | sure *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | grief | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to grief=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **see** | present | children *= child* | | | | | especially *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | present | you | | | | | golden *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 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/51/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Lads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/)