--- title: There was great mourning in the hut for many days, but at length the… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There was great mourning in the hut for many days, but at length the son rose up, and calling to his greyhound, his cat and his falcon, he left the house saying that he would bring back something for dinner. Who acts: great mourning, mourning. 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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 (great mourning, mourning), 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:pg3027:13:82 # text = There was great mourning in the hut for many days, but at length the son rose up, and calling to his greyhound, his cat and his falcon, he left the house saying that he would bring back something for dinner. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 mourning mourning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:unmarked _ _ 17 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 greyhound greyhound NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 falcon falcon NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 41 back back ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 40 obj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | great mourning in the hut for many days | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **rise up** | past | great mourning in the hut for many days *not said here* | | | length the son | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at length=Location | | 3 | **call** | gerund | great mourning in the hut for many days *not said here* | mourning's cat and mourning's falcon | mourning's greyhound | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cat=Topic to greyhound=Recipient | | 4 | **leave** | past | mourning | the house | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | mourning *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **bring back** | would | mourning | something | | | | for dinner | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent something=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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/)