--- title: The three following days exactly the same thing happened, only each… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The three following days exactly the same thing happened, only each time with a different one of the party; and on the fourth day Makoma stayed in camp when the others went to cut poles, saying that he would see for himself what sort of man this was that lived in the river and whose moustaches were --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/105/) [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 Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/) / 105 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 1, sentence 105 The three following days exactly the same thing happened, only each time with a different one of the party; and on the fourth day Makoma stayed in camp when the others went to cut poles, saying that he would see for himself what sort of man this was that lived in the river and whose moustaches were so long that they extended beyond men's sight. **Who acts:** three following days, Makoma, others, that, moustaches, men · **What happens:** follow, happen, stay, go, cut, say · **To what, where:** camp, poles, sort, river, sight, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (three following days, Makoma, others, that), 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:pg3027:1:105 # text = The three following days exactly the same thing happened, only each time with a different one of the party; and on the fourth day Makoma stayed in camp when the others went to cut poles, saying that he would see for himself what sort of man this was that lived in the river and whose moustaches were so long that they extended beyond men's sight. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 amod _ _ 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 27 Makoma Makoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 53 advcl _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obl _ _ 46 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 47 det _ _ 47 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 obj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 58 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 moustaches moustache NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nsubj _ _ 60 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 61 so so ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 conj _ _ 63 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 64 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 extended extend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ _ 66 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 68 's 's PART POS _ 67 case _ _ 69 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **happen** | past | the three following days | | | | time | exactly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stay** | past | Makoma | | | camp | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in camp=Location | | 4 | **go** | past | the others | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **cut** | to-infinitive | the others *not said here* | poles | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pole=Product | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **see** | would | Makoma | what sort of man | | | | for Makoma | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | that | | | the river | | live *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | past | moustaches | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **extend** | past | moustaches *= moustache* | | | men's sight | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond sight=Location | | 11 | **sort** | | | man | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **sight** | | men | | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/106/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/)