--- title: He passed off many happy days in the forest; but one day he and poor… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He passed off many happy days in the forest; but one day he and poor Jubal were strolling through the trees, when they came to the very spot where they first met, and, accidentally looking up, he could see his watch hanging in the tree which he had to climb when he first saw poor Jubal coming to him --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/91/) [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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/) / 91 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 13, sentence 91 He passed off many happy days in the forest; but one day he and poor Jubal were strolling through the trees, when they came to the very spot where they first met, and, accidentally looking up, he could see his watch hanging in the tree which he had to climb when he first saw poor Jubal coming to him in the form of a bear; and he cries out, "Jubal, Jubal, I can see my watch up in that tree." **Who acts:** Prince, tents, watch, tree, poor Jubal · **What happens:** pass off, stroll, come, meet, look up, see · **To what, where:** forest, trees, spot, watch, tree, poor Jubal · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, tents, watch, tree), 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:pg14241:27:91 # text = He passed off many happy days in the forest; but one day he and poor Jubal were strolling through the trees, when they came to the very spot where they first met, and, accidentally looking up, he could see his watch hanging in the tree which he had to climb when he first saw poor Jubal coming to him in the form of a bear; and he cries out, "Jubal, Jubal, I can see my watch up in that tree." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Jubal Jubal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 strolling stroll VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 advmod _ _ 34 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 accidentally accidentally ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 acl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 obj _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 59 advmod _ _ 59 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 ccomp _ _ 60 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 Jubal Jubal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 59 xcomp _ _ 63 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ; ; PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 73 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 75 out out ADP RP _ 74 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 77 " " PUNCT `` _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 Jubal Jubal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 80 Jubal Jubal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 78 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 82 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 83 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 84 aux _ _ 84 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 advcl _ _ 85 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 84 obj _ _ 86 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 84 xcomp _ _ 87 up up ADP RP _ 86 compound:prt _ _ 88 in in ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 89 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 90 det _ _ 90 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 91 . . PUNCT . _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 92 " " PUNCT '' _ 84 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass off** | past | Prince | | | the forest | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in forest=Location | | 2 | **stroll** | past · progressive | Prince | | | the trees | day | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through tree=Trajectory | | 3 | **come** | past | tents *= tent* | | | the spot | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to spot=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **meet** | past | tents *= tent* | | | | | first *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **look up** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | accidentally *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** | could | Prince | Prince's watch | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer watch=Stimulus | | 7 | **hang** | gerund | Prince's watch *not said here* | | | the tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location | | 8 | **have** | past | Prince | the tree | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **climb** | to-infinitive | the tree *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **see** | past | Prince | poor Jubal | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **come** | gerund | poor Jubal *not said here* | | Prince | the form of a bear | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 12 | **cry out** *speech: express* | present | Prince | Jubal and Jubal | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **see** *in a quote* | can | Prince | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **watch up** *in a quote* | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | that tree | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location | | 15 | **form** | | | a bear | | | | | nom form «communication 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/92/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/)