--- title: Long was the way and right glad was he when he stood on the great br… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Long was the way and right glad was he when he stood on the great bridge and saw the tall houses on right hand and left, and had glimpses of the water running and the ships sailing by. Who acts: Long, salmon, water, ships. 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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 (Long, salmon, water, ships), 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:pg14241:23:50 # text = Long was the way and right glad was he when he stood on the great bridge and saw the tall houses on right hand and left, and had glimpses of the water running and the ships sailing by. 1 Long Long ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 30 glimpses glimpse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 38 sailing sail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 38 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Long | the way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Long *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | salmon | | | the great bridge | | stand *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | past | salmon *not said here* | the tall houses | | right hand | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | | 5 | **leave** | past | salmon *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | salmon *not said here* | glimpses of the water and the ships | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glimpse=Patient | | 7 | **run** | gerund | the water *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sail** | gerund | the ships *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **glimpse** | | | the water | | | | | nom glimpse «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/51/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/23/)