--- title: They soon took leave of the queen, and set sail in a splendid ship;… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They soon took leave of the queen, and set sail in a splendid ship; but in a short time a dense fog came on, and in the dark the captain steered out of his course, and they found themselves in a bay which was quite strange to all the crew. Who acts: hopes, dense fog, captain, bay. 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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 (hopes, dense fog, captain, bay), 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:pg2435:23:62 # text = They soon took leave of the queen, and set sail in a splendid ship; but in a short time a dense fog came on, and in the dark the captain steered out of his course, and they found themselves in a bay which was quite strange to all the crew. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 set set ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 dense dense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 on on ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 steered steer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 35 out out ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 bay bay NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 quite quite ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 acl:relcl _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 54 det:predet _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | hopes *= hope* | leave of the queen | | | | set sail in a splendid ship *obl*; soon *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 2 | **come on** | past | a dense fog | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **steer** | past | the captain | | | the dark | | out captain's course | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in dark=Destination | | 4 | **find** | past | hopes *= hope* | hopes *= hope* | | a bay | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Topic | | 5 | **is** | past | a bay | | | | | to all crew; strange *property* | tree rules | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/63/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/)