--- title: For long he wandered, and wandered, and wandered, but no child did h… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For long he wandered, and wandered, and wandered, but no child did he see; and one morning his wanderings led him to a forest which was so thick with trees that no light could pass through the branches. Who acts: child, wanderings, forest, light. 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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 (child, wanderings, forest, light), 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:pg2435:9:72 # text = For long he wandered, and wandered, and wandered, but no child did he see; and one morning his wanderings led him to a forest which was so thick with trees that no light could pass through the branches. 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 wanderings wandering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 through through ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | past | child | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wander** | past | child *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **wander** | past | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past · do-support | no child | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **lead** | past | child's wanderings | child | | a forest | morning | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to forest=Destination | | 6 | **is** | past | a forest | | | | | with trees; thick *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pass** | could | no light | trees | | the branches | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent that=Theme through branch=Destination | | 8 | **wander** | | child | | | | | | nom wandering «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/73/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/)