--- title: He had been travelling for many days, and had left his fatherland be… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He had been travelling for many days, and had left his fatherland behind him, when close to the road he came upon a huge tree, and on its topmost bough an eagle was sitting shaking the branches with all his might. Who acts: king, eagle. 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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 (king, eagle), 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:pg2435:18:70 # text = He had been travelling for many days, and had left his fatherland behind him, when close to the road he came upon a huge tree, and on its topmost bough an eagle was sitting shaking the branches with all his might. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux _ _ 4 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 fatherland fatherland NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 behind behind ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 topmost topmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 bough bough NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 38 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 with with SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | past · perfect · progressive | king | | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past · perfect | | king's fatherland | | | | behind king | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fatherland=Theme behind he=Location | | 3 | **come** | past | king | the road *not said here* | | | | upon a huge tree | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location road=Theme | | 4 | **sit** | past · progressive | a eagle | | | tree's topmost bough | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bough=Location | | 5 | **shake** | gerund | a eagle *not said here* | the branches | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent branch=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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/71/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/)