--- title: 'In the darkness of the night, O my friends,' he said presently, 'th… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'In the darkness of the night, O my friends,' he said presently, 'the white spirits of my fathers came upon me and spoke, saying: "Get thee hence, Makoma, for thou shalt have no rest until thou hast found and fought with Sakatirina, who had five heads, and is very great and strong; so take leave of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/10/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/) / 10 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 2, sentence 10 'In the darkness of the night, O my friends,' he said presently, 'the white spirits of my fathers came upon me and spoke, saying: "Get thee hence, Makoma, for thou shalt have no rest until thou hast found and fought with Sakatirina, who had five heads, and is very great and strong; so take leave of thy friends, for thou must go alone."' **Who acts:** Makoma, white spirits, thou, Sakatirina · **What happens:** say, come, speak, get, have, find · **To what, where:** darkness, thee, rest, five heads, leave · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Makoma, white spirits, thou, Sakatirina), 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:pg3027:2:10 # text = 'In the darkness of the night, O my friends,' he said presently, 'the white spirits of my fathers came upon me and spoke, saying: "Get thee hence, Makoma, for thou shalt have no rest until thou hast found and fought with Sakatirina, who had five heads, and is very great and strong; so take leave of thy friends, for thou must go alone."' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 O o INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 presently presently ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 obj _ _ 36 hence hence ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 Makoma Makoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 42 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 until until SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj _ _ 48 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 fought fight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 conj _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Sakatirina Sakatirina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 56 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 acl:relcl _ _ 57 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 nummod _ _ 58 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 61 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 62 very very ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 parataxis _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ; ; PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 67 so so ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 69 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 74 for for SCONJ IN _ 77 mark _ _ 75 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 77 nsubj _ _ 76 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 77 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 conj _ _ 78 alone alone ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 " " PUNCT '' _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Makoma | | | the darkness of the night and my friends | | presently *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | past | the white spirits of my fathers | | | | | upon me | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon i=Location | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the white spirits of my fathers *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the white spirits of my fathers *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | | thee | | | | Makoma *obl*; hence *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | thou | no rest | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient | | 7 | **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect | thou | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fight** *in a quote* | participle | thou *not said here* | | | | | with Sakatirina | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with sakatirina=Co-Agent | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Sakatirina | five heads | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **be** *in a quote* | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | leave of thy friends | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 13 | **go** *in a quote* | must | thou | | | | | alone *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/)