--- title: The animal he saw most of was a hyena; and one day, when they were t… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The animal he saw most of was a hyena; and one day, when they were taking a walk together, they picked up a beautiful green cloak, which had evidently been dropped by some one riding across the plain on a camel. Who acts: animal, jackals, one riding. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew L --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/59/) [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/) / 59 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 18, sentence 59 The animal he saw most of was a hyena; and one day, when they were taking a walk together, they picked up a beautiful green cloak, which had evidently been dropped by some one riding across the plain on a camel. **Who acts:** animal, jackals, one riding · **What happens:** see, be, take, pick up, drop · **To what, where:** most, walk, beautiful green cloak 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 (animal, jackals, one riding), 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:pg3027:18:59 # text = The animal he saw most of was a hyena; and one day, when they were taking a walk together, they picked up a beautiful green cloak, which had evidently been dropped by some one riding across the plain on a camel. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hyena hyena NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 together together ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 evidently evidently ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 across across ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the animal | most | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer most=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | of a hyena | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past · progressive | jackals *= jackal* | a walk | | | | together *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walk=Theme | | 4 | **pick up** | past | jackals *= jackal* | a beautiful green cloak | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Topic | | 5 | **drop** | past · perfect · passive | some one riding across the plain on a camel | a beautiful green cloak | | | | evidently *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/18/)