--- title: She took it, with thanks, and proceeded on her journey, passing thro… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She took it, with thanks, and proceeded on her journey, passing through groves, woods, and valleys, till at length she saw an old man sitting on a stone at the mouth of a cave, who said: “Good morrow, fair maiden, whither away so fast?” Who acts: princess, old man, cave. 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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 (princess, old man, cave), 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:pg7439:49:9 # text = She took it, with thanks, and proceeded on her journey, passing through groves, woods, and valleys, till at length she saw an old man sitting on a stone at the mouth of a cave, who said: “Good morrow, fair maiden, whither away so fast?” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 15 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 groves grove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 valleys valley NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 till till ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 45 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 53 advmod _ _ 53 away away ADV RB _ 47 conj _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ? ? PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | princess | bag | | | | with thanks; valleys *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **proceed** | past | princess *not said here* | | | princess's journey | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pass** | gerund | princess *not said here* | | | groves and woods | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through grove=Location | | 4 | **see** | past | princess | a old man | | | till length | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 5 | **sit** | gerund | a old man *not said here* | | | a stone | | at the mouth of a cave | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stone=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a cave | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **journey** | | princess | | | | | | nom journey «act 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/10/) - ↑ back to [The Three Heads of the Well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/)