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title: Gopani-Kufa turned to Insato, but found, in the place of the python,… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Gopani-Kufa turned to Insato, but found, in the place of the python, a man, strong and handsome, with the great snake's skin wrapped round him for covering; and on his arms and neck were rings of pure gold. Who acts: Gopani. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 2, with
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# The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 2, sentence 59

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Gopani-Kufa turned to Insato, but found, in the place of the python, a man, strong and handsome, with the great snake's skin wrapped round him for covering; and on his arms and neck were rings of pure gold.

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**Who acts:** Gopani · **What happens:** turn, find, wrap, cover, be · **To what, where:** Insato, place, skin, rings, arms

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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 (Gopani), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3027:2:59
# text = Gopani-Kufa turned to Insato, but found, in the place of the python, a man, strong and handsome, with the great snake's skin wrapped round him for covering; and on his arms and neck were rings of pure gold.
1	Gopani	Gopani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Kufa	Kufa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Insato	Insato	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	python	python	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	's	's	PART	POS	_	28	case	_	_
30	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
31	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	acl	_	_
32	round	round	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obl	_	_
34	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
35	covering	cover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	31	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
38	on	on	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	_
43	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	cop	_	_
44	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | Gopani |  | Insato |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to insato=Result |
| 2 | **find** | past | Gopani *not said here* | the place of the python |  |  |  | with the great snake's skin | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic |
| 3 | **wrap** | participle |  | the great snake's skin *not said here* |  |  |  | round Gopani | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round he=Destination |
| 4 | **cover** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | past |  | rings |  | Gopani's arms and neck |  | of pure gold | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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