--- title: They had a quick voyage, and in six days they reached the land, and… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They had a quick voyage, and in six days they reached the land, and at once set out for the capital, a messenger being sent on first by the minister to inform the king of what had happened. Who acts: sails, minister. 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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, minister), 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:pg2435:23:15 # text = They had a quick voyage, and in six days they reached the land, and at once set out for the capital, a messenger being sent on first by the minister to inform the king of what had happened. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 19 obl _ _ 19 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 28 obl _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 inform inform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nmod _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | sails *= sail* | a quick voyage | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voyage=Patient | | 2 | **reach** | past | sails *= sail* | the land | | | day | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 3 | **set out** | participle | | | | | | for the capital | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **send** | gerund · passive | the minister | a messenger | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 5 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the minister *not said here* | | the king | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | | 6 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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:** «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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/16/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/)