--- title: The seventh Simon spread out his goods, and had so many curious and… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The seventh Simon spread out his goods, and had so many curious and interesting tales to tell about them, that the princess forgot everything else in looking and listening, so that she did not know that the fourth Simon had seized the prow of the ship, and that all of a sudden it had vanished from s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/93/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/) / 93 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5, sentence 93 The seventh Simon spread out his goods, and had so many curious and interesting tales to tell about them, that the princess forgot everything else in looking and listening, so that she did not know that the fourth Simon had seized the prow of the ship, and that all of a sudden it had vanished from sight, and was racing along in the depths of the sea. **Who acts:** seventh Simon, many curious tales, princess · **What happens:** spread out, have, tell, forget, look, listen · **To what, where:** goods, many curious tales, everything, fourth Simon, all, sight · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (seventh Simon, many curious tales, princess), 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:pg2435:5:93 # text = The seventh Simon spread out his goods, and had so many curious and interesting tales to tell about them, that the princess forgot everything else in looking and listening, so that she did not know that the fourth Simon had seized the prow of the ship, and that all of a sudden it had vanished from sight, and was racing along in the depths of the sea. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 13 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 interesting interesting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 16 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 26 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 25 obj _ _ 27 else else ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 in in SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 38 mark _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 42 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 ccomp _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 prow prow NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 53 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 nmod _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 60 from from ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 racing race VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 advcl _ _ 66 along along ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread out** | past | the seventh Simon | Simon's goods | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location goods=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | | many curious tales | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | many curious tales *not said here* | | | | | about tales *= tale* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent about they=Topic | | 4 | **forget** | past | the princess | everything | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **listen** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **seize** | past · perfect · passive | | the fourth Simon | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **vanish** | past · perfect · passive | | all | | sight | | | tree rules | | 10 | **race** | past · progressive | | | | the depths of the sea | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in depth=Trajectory | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/94/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/)