--- title: And now, truly, Makoma was a very great hero; for he had the strengt… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And now, truly, Makoma was a very great hero; for he had the strength to make hills, the industry to lead rivers over dry wastes, foresight and wisdom in planting trees, and the power of producing fire when he wished. Who acts: Makoma, power. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Ope --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/91/) [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/) / 91 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 1, sentence 91 And now, truly, Makoma was a very great hero; for he had the strength to make hills, the industry to lead rivers over dry wastes, foresight and wisdom in planting trees, and the power of producing fire when he wished. **Who acts:** Makoma, power · **What happens:** be, have, make, lead, plant, produce · **To what, where:** great hero, strength, hills, rivers, dry wastes, fire 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 (Makoma, power), 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:pg3027:1:91 # text = And now, truly, Makoma was a very great hero; for he had the strength to make hills, the industry to lead rivers over dry wastes, foresight and wisdom in planting trees, and the power of producing fire when he wished. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 4 truly truly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 Makoma Makoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl _ _ 20 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 industry industry NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ _ 26 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 27 over over ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 wastes waste NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 foresight foresight NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 planting plant VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 amod _ _ 36 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 producing produce VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 43 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Makoma | a great hero | | | now | truly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | Makoma | the strength and the industry and the power | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | Makoma *not said here* | hills | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hill=Product | | 4 | **lead** | to-infinitive | Makoma *not said here* | rivers | | dry wastes and foresight and wisdom in planting trees | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent river=Theme over waste=Destination | | 5 | **plant** | gerund | | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **produce** | gerund | the power *not said here* | fire | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Result | | 7 | **wish** | past | Makoma | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/92/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/)