--- title: For a long while he travelled on and on, and nobody seemed to want h… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For a long while he travelled on and on, and nobody seemed to want him; but one day he met an old man, and being a polite youth, he took off his hat and said: “Good morning,” in a pleasant voice. Who acts: Peter, 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 (Peter, 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:pg2435:27:53 # text = For a long while he travelled on and on, and nobody seemed to want him; but one day he met an old man, and being a polite youth, he took off his hat and said: “Good morning,” in a pleasant voice. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 on on ADV RB _ 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 nsubj _ _ 13 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 35 off off ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | past | Peter | | | | | for a long | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **seem** | past | nobody | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **want** | to-infinitive | nobody *not said here* | Peter | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 4 | **meet** | past | Peter | a old man | | | day | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent | | 5 | **is a** | gerund | | a polite youth | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take off** | past | Peter | Peter's hat | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Peter *not said here* | | | a pleasant voice | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in voice=Manner | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/54/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/)