--- title: It was near sunset, and Martin began to feel hungry, so, when Jack a… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was near sunset, and Martin began to feel hungry, so, when Jack arrived, he bade him return to the castle and bring the bread and cheese that they had left there. Who acts: midst, Martin, Jack, pieces. 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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 (midst, Martin, Jack, pieces), 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:pg3027:19:141 # text = It was near sunset, and Martin began to feel hungry, so, when Jack arrived, he bade him return to the castle and bring the bread and cheese that they had left there. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 near near ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 36 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | midst | | | | | near sunset | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | Martin | sunset *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | to-infinitive | Martin *not said here* | | | | | hungry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **arrive** | past | Jack | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **bade** | past | Jack | Martin | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **return** | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | | | | | to the castle *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to castle=Result | | 7 | **bring** | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | the bread and cheese | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bread=Theme | | 8 | **leave** | past · perfect | pieces *= piece* | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/19/140/) - next →: [Opening, part 20, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/19/)