--- title: But the way was long, and the poor man was regularly dazed with the… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the way was long, and the poor man was regularly dazed with the wonderful thing that had befallen him, and when he got home there was nothing in his noddle but the wish to sit down and rest. Who acts: way, wonderful thing, man, nothing. 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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 (way, wonderful thing, man, nothing), 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:pg14241:24:33 # text = But the way was long, and the poor man was regularly dazed with the wonderful thing that had befallen him, and when he got home there was nothing in his noddle but the wish to sit down and rest. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 regularly regularly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 dazed daze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 30 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 29 nsubj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 noddle noddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 39 down down ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the way | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **daze** | past · passive | | the poor man | | | | with the wonderful thing; regularly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **befall** | past · perfect | the wonderful thing | man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | past | man | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **be** | past | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sit down** | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **rest** | infinitive | nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/34/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/)