--- title: So he turned his back, and sat by his window looking out over the se… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he turned his back, and sat by his window looking out over the sea, and weeping great tears for his lost daughter, till his white hair and beard grew down over his shoulders and twined round his chair and crept into the chinks of the floor, and his tears, dropping on to the window-ledge, wore a c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/89/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/) / 89 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 6, sentence 89 So he turned his back, and sat by his window looking out over the sea, and weeping great tears for his lost daughter, till his white hair and beard grew down over his shoulders and twined round his chair and crept into the chinks of the floor, and his tears, dropping on to the window-ledge, wore a channel through the stone, and ran away in a little river to the great sea. **Who acts:** dog, white hair · **What happens:** turn, sit, look out, weep, lose, grow down · **To what, where:** back, sea, great tears, shoulders, chair, chinks This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dog, white hair), 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:pg14241:20:89 # text = So he turned his back, and sat by his window looking out over the sea, and weeping great tears for his lost daughter, till his white hair and beard grew down over his shoulders and twined round his chair and crept into the chinks of the floor, and his tears, dropping on to the window-ledge, wore a channel through the stone, and ran away in a little river to the great sea. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 over over ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 25 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 till till SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 33 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 down down ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 over over ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 twined twine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 40 round round ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 chinks chink NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 dropping drop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 57 on on ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 60 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ledge ledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 channel channel NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 67 through through ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 73 away away ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 74 in in ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 78 to to ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 80 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 81 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | dog | dog's back | | | | dog's tears *obl* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme | | 2 | **sit** | past | dog *not said here* | | | | | by dog's window | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location | | 3 | **look out** | gerund | dog *not said here* | | | the sea | | | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **weep** | gerund | dog *not said here* | great tears | | | | for dog's lost daughter | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tear=Theme | | 5 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **grow down** | past | dog's white hair and beard | | | dog's shoulders | | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over shoulder=Location | | 7 | **twine** | participle | dog's white hair and beard *not said here* | | | dog's chair | | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round chair=Destination | | 8 | **creep** | past | dog *not said here* | | | the chinks of the floor | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into chink=Destination | | 9 | **drop on** | gerund | dog *not said here* | | | the window ledge | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to ledge=Trajectory | | 10 | **wear** | past | | a channel | | the stone | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent channel=Source | | 11 | **run away** | past | dog *not said here* | | | a little river | | to the great sea *result*; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to sea=Result | 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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/90/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/)