--- title: Then all along the banks of the Zambesi river, which flowed near by,… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then all along the banks of the Zambesi river, which flowed near by, sprang up streets of stone buildings, and their roofs shone with gold and burnished iron like those in Pita; and in the streets men and women were walking, and young boys were driving out the sheep and cattle to pasture; and from t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/102/) [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/) / 102 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 2, sentence 102 Then all along the banks of the Zambesi river, which flowed near by, sprang up streets of stone buildings, and their roofs shone with gold and burnished iron like those in Pita; and in the streets men and women were walking, and young boys were driving out the sheep and cattle to pasture; and from the river came shouts and laughter from the young men and maidens who had launched their canoes and were fishing. **Who acts:** Zambesi river, you, roofs, men, young boys, river · **What happens:** flow, sprang up, shine, burnish, walk, drive out · **To what, where:** streets, iron, sheep, river, canoes, fishing 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 (Zambesi river, you, roofs, men), 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:pg3027:2:102 # text = Then all along the banks of the Zambesi river, which flowed near by, sprang up streets of stone buildings, and their roofs shone with gold and burnished iron like those in Pita; and in the streets men and women were walking, and young boys were driving out the sheep and cattle to pasture; and from the river came shouts and laughter from the young men and maidens who had launched their canoes and were fishing. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 all all ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 3 along along ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Zambesi Zambesi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 near near ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 16 sprang sprang VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 buildings building NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 roofs roof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 parataxis _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 burnished burnish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 31 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 like like ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 30 obl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Pita Pita PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 41 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 50 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 driving drive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 conj _ _ 52 out out ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 conj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 pasture pasture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT : _ 65 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 61 from from ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 64 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl _ _ 65 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ _ 68 from from ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 nmod _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 conj _ _ 74 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 76 nsubj _ _ 75 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 aux _ _ 76 launched launch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 73 acl:relcl _ _ 77 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 78 nmod:poss _ _ 78 canoes canoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 obj _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 80 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 cop _ _ 81 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | past | the Zambesi river | | | | | near *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sprang up** | imperative | you *not said here* | streets of stone buildings | | | | along the banks of the Zambesi river; all *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **shine** | participle | buildings's roofs | | | | | with gold | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with gold=Theme | | 4 | **burnish** | participle | buildings's roofs *not said here* | iron | | | | like those | tree rules | | 5 | **walk** | past · progressive | men and women | | | the streets | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in street=Trajectory | | 6 | **drive out** | past · progressive | young boys | the sheep and cattle | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | | 7 | **pasture** | to-infinitive | young boys *not said here* | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **come** | past | the river *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | | | | the river | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **launch** | past · perfect | maidens | men's canoes | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canoe=Theme | | 11 | **is a** | past | maidens *not said here* | fishing | | | | | tree rules | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/103/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/)