--- title: But by this time the sun was high overhead, and she was just folding… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But by this time the sun was high overhead, and she was just folding her net to carry it home again, when she heard a splash behind her, and looking round she saw a big fish jump into the air. Who acts: sun, girl, big fish. 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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 (sun, girl, big fish), 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:pg3027:25:5 # text = But by this time the sun was high overhead, and she was just folding her net to carry it home again, when she heard a splash behind her, and looking round she saw a big fish jump into the air. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 overhead overhead ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 folding fold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 home home ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 again again ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 splash splash NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 behind behind ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 csubj _ _ 34 round round ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 jump jump VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the sun | | | | time | high, overhead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fold** | past · progressive | girl | girl's net | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent net=Patient | | 3 | **carry** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | net | | | again | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **hear** | past | girl | a splash | | | | behind mother | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer splash=Stimulus | | 5 | **look round** | gerund | | | | | | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** | past | girl | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **jump** | present | a big fish | | | | | into the air *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into air=Result | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/)