--- title: The road next led through a wood, where he saw a father and a mother… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The road next led through a wood, where he saw a father and a mother raven standing by their nest and throwing out their young: ‘Away with you, you young rascals!’ they cried, ‘we can’t feed you any longer. Who acts: King, mother raven, you, father. 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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 (King, mother raven, you, father), 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:pg7277:50:32 # text = The road next led through a wood, where he saw a father and a mother raven standing by their nest and throwing out their young: ‘Away with you, you young rascals!’ they cried, ‘we can’t feed you any longer. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 next next ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 18 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 throwing throw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 conj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 young young NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 rascals rascal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 44 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 any any ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | participle · passive | | the road | | a wood | | away, next *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme through wood=Destination | | 2 | **see** | past | King | a father and a mother raven | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus | | 3 | **stand** | gerund | a mother raven *not said here* | | | | | by father's nest | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by nest=Location | | 4 | **throw out** | gerund | a mother raven *not said here* | father's young | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Theme | | 5 | **rascal** | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | father | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **feed** | can | we | | you | | | long *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/50/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/50/33/) - ↑ back to [The White Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/50/)