--- title: Of course the hedgehog had not been able to take part in any of thes… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Of course the hedgehog had not been able to take part in any of these adventures; but as soon as all danger was over, the jackal went to look for his friend, whom he was lucky enough to find at home. Who acts: danger, jackal, hedgehog. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/12/) [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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/) / 12 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 18, sentence 12 Of course the hedgehog had not been able to take part in any of these adventures; but as soon as all danger was over, the jackal went to look for his friend, whom he was lucky enough to find at home. **Who acts:** danger, jackal, hedgehog · **What happens:** not be, take, be, go, look, find · **To what, where:** part, any, home This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (danger, jackal, hedgehog), 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:pg3027:18:12 # text = Of course the hedgehog had not been able to take part in any of these adventures; but as soon as all danger was over, the jackal went to look for his friend, whom he was lucky enough to find at home. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hedgehog hedgehog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 8 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 over over ADV RB _ 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 40 enough enough ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past · perfect | | | | | | of the hedgehog; able *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | | part | | any | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in any=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | all danger | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | past | the jackal | | | | | soon *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | the jackal *not said here* | | | | | for hedgehog's friend | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for friend=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | hedgehog | | | | | hedgehog's friend *obl*; enough, lucky *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **find** | to-infinitive | hedgehog *not said here* | | | home | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/)