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title: And one day in a part of the country where he was a stranger, and no… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: And one day in a part of the country where he was a stranger, and none knew him, he stopped to watch the company at football play; rare sport it was; but Tom spoiled it all, for meeting the ball he took it such a kick that away it flew none could tell whither. Who acts: man, none, Tom, play. A sente
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# More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 5, sentence 20

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And one day in a part of the country where he was a stranger, and none knew him, he stopped to watch the company at football play; rare sport it was; but Tom spoiled it all, for meeting the ball he took it such a kick that away it flew none could tell whither.

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**Who acts:** man, none, Tom, play · **What happens:** be, know, stop, watch, spoil, meet · **To what, where:** stranger, man, company, football play, play, ball · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, none, Tom, play), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg14241:19:20
# text = And one day in a part of the country where he was a stranger, and none knew him, he stopped to watch the company at football play; rare sport it was; but Tom spoiled it all, for meeting the ball he took it such a kick that away it flew none could tell whither.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	18	nsubj	_	_
18	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
31	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	parataxis	_	_
33	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
38	spoiled	spoil	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
39	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obj	_	_
40	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	39	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
43	meeting	meet	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	38	advcl	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	acl:relcl	_	_
48	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	obj	_	_
49	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	51	det:predet	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	kick	kick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
52	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	55	obj	_	_
53	away	away	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
54	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
55	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	acl:relcl	_	_
56	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	58	nsubj	_	_
57	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	ccomp	_	_
59	whither	whither	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	58	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | man | a stranger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past | none | man |  |  | day |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **stop** | past | man |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **watch** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | the company |  | football play |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Theme |
| 5 | **spoil** | past | Tom | play |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **meet** | gerund | Tom *not said here* | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Co-Agent |
| 7 | **take** | past | man | play |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument it=Theme kick=Destination |
| 8 | **fly** | past | play | such kick |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | none |  |  |  |  | whither *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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