--- title: Now the goldsmith really could not swim, and as soon as he was throw… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the goldsmith really could not swim, and as soon as he was thrown into the deep river he sank below the surface; so his enemies went away believing that they had seen the last of him. Who acts: goldsmith, enemies, villagers. 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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 (goldsmith, enemies, villagers), 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:pg3027:11:102 # text = Now the goldsmith really could not swim, and as soon as he was thrown into the deep river he sank below the surface; so his enemies went away believing that they had seen the last of him. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 goldsmith goldsmith NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 as as ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 below below ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 ccomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **swim** | could | the goldsmith | | | | now | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **throw** | past · passive | | Goldsmith | | | | into the deep river *result*; soon *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into river=Result | | 3 | **sink** | past | Goldsmith | the deep river *not said here* | | the surface | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent river=Patient | | 4 | **go away** | past | Goldsmith's enemies | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **believe** | gerund | Goldsmith's enemies *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect | villagers *= villager* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/103/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/)