--- title: Now that the fog had lifted they could see as they looked back that,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now that the fog had lifted they could see as they looked back that, except just along the shore, the island was bare and deserted and not fit for men to live in; but about that nobody cared. Who acts: sails, island, nobody. 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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 (sails, island, nobody), 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:pg2435:23:14 # text = Now that the fog had lifted they could see as they looked back that, except just along the shore, the island was bare and deserted and not fit for men to live in; but about that nobody cared. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 that that ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 except except ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 along along ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 parataxis _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 deserted desert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 about about SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 41 nsubj _ _ 41 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | past · perfect · passive | | the fog | | | now | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **see** | could | sails *= sail* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **look back** | past | sails *= sail* | | | | | that *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | the island | | | | | bare *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **desert** | participle | the island *not said here* | | | | | | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **fit** | infinitive | the island *not said here* | | | | | for men | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **live in** | to-infinitive | the island *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **care** | past | nobody | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/15/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/)