--- title: He was thinking these thoughts, when his eyes fell on the sea beneat… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was thinking these thoughts, when his eyes fell on the sea beneath him, and there, as before, was the figure that so closely resembled his wife, standing with her feet in the water, holding out her arms to him. Who acts: prince, eyes, thinking. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/18/) [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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/) / 18 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 13, sentence 18 He was thinking these thoughts, when his eyes fell on the sea beneath him, and there, as before, was the figure that so closely resembled his wife, standing with her feet in the water, holding out her arms to him. **Who acts:** prince, eyes, thinking · **What happens:** think, fall, be, resemble, stand, hold out · **To what, where:** thoughts, sea, figure, water, arms, prince This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, eyes, thinking), 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:pg3027:13:18 # text = He was thinking these thoughts, when his eyes fell on the sea beneath him, and there, as before, was the figure that so closely resembled his wife, standing with her feet in the water, holding out her arms to him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 csubj _ _ 4 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 before before ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 closely closely ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 resembled resemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | prince | this thoughts | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thought=Theme | | 2 | **fall** | past | prince's eyes | | | the sea | | beneath prince | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on sea=Location | | 3 | **is a** | past | thinking | the figure | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **resemble** | past | | the figure | | | | closely *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **stand** | gerund | | | | the water | | with wife's feet | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location | | 6 | **hold out** | gerund | | wife's arms | prince | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/19/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/)