--- title: The fish swam as fast as he could to the sea, which was not far dist… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fish swam as fast as he could to the sea, which was not far distant, and calling together all his relations who lived in the neighbourhood, he told them of the terrible danger which threatened the dwellers in the river. Who acts: fish, sea, relations, falcon. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/36/) [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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/) / 36 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 15, sentence 36 The fish swam as fast as he could to the sea, which was not far distant, and calling together all his relations who lived in the neighbourhood, he told them of the terrible danger which threatened the dwellers in the river. **Who acts:** fish, sea, relations, falcon, terrible danger · **What happens:** swim, not be, call together, live, tell, threaten · **To what, where:** relations, neighbourhood, dwellers, river · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fish, sea, relations, falcon), 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:pg3027:15:36 # text = The fish swam as fast as he could to the sea, which was not far distant, and calling together all his relations who lived in the neighbourhood, he told them of the terrible danger which threatened the dwellers in the river. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 17 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 21 together together ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 relations relation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 neighbourhood neighbourhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 threatened threaten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 dwellers dweller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | past | the fish | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | the sea | | | | | distant, far *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **call together** *speech: assert* | gerund | the fish *not said here* | falcon's relations | | | | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent relation=Recipient | | 4 | **live** | past | falcon's relations | | | the neighbourhood | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in neighbourhood=Location | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | falcon | | relations *= relation* | | | of the terrible danger | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 6 | **threaten** | past | the terrible danger | the dwellers | | the river | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dweller=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/)