--- title: Having nothing to guide him as to where he was likely to find the en… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Having nothing to guide him as to where he was likely to find the entrance of the under- world, the king wandered hither and thither for a long while, till, one day, while he was resting under a tree, a voice spoke to him. Who acts: nothing, king, voice. 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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 (nothing, king, voice), 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:pg3027:28:98 # text = Having nothing to guide him as to where he was likely to find the entrance of the under- world, the king wandered hither and thither for a long while, till, one day, while he was resting under a tree, a voice spoke to him. 1 Having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 24 nsubj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 guide guide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 under under ADP IN _ 20 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ _ 20 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 hither hither ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 thither thither ADV RB _ 25 conj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 till till ADP IN _ 36 case _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 while while SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 resting rest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 42 under under ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **guide** | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* | king | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | king | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | the entrance of the world | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entrance=Topic | | 5 | **wander** | past | nothing | | | | day; while | hither *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **rest** | past · progressive | king | | | a tree | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent under tree=Location | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | a voice | | king | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/99/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/)