--- title: However, by this time they had reached the village where dwelt Gudu'… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, by this time they had reached the village where dwelt Gudu's future wife, and as they entered Gudu pointed to a clump of bushes, and said to Isuro: 'Whenever I am eating, and you hear me call out that my food has burnt me, run as fast as you can and gather some of those leaves that they may --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/98/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/) / 98 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 3, sentence 98 However, by this time they had reached the village where dwelt Gudu's future wife, and as they entered Gudu pointed to a clump of bushes, and said to Isuro: 'Whenever I am eating, and you hear me call out that my food has burnt me, run as fast as you can and gather some of those leaves that they may heal my mouth.' **Who acts:** eyes, Gudu, I, you, me · **What happens:** reach, dwell, enter, point, say, eat · **To what, where:** village, future wife, clump, Isuro, me, food · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes, Gudu, I, you), 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:pg3027:3:98 # text = However, by this time they had reached the village where dwelt Gudu's future wife, and as they entered Gudu pointed to a clump of bushes, and said to Isuro: 'Whenever I am eating, and you hear me call out that my food has burnt me, run as fast as you can and gather some of those leaves that they may heal my mouth.' 1 However however ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 12 dwelt dwell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 Gudu Gudu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 22 Gudu Gudu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 clump clump NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Isuro Isuro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 advcl _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 45 parataxis _ _ 55 as as ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 54 advmod _ _ 57 as as SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 advcl _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 gather gather VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 62 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 61 obj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 65 det _ _ 65 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ _ 66 that that SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 67 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 68 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 heal heal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 advcl _ _ 70 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past · perfect | eyes *= eye* | the village | | | time | however *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent village=Theme | | 2 | **dwell** | participle | | Gudu's future wife | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme wife=Location | | 3 | **enter** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **point** | past | Gudu | | a clump of bushes | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to clump=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | | Isuro | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to isuro=Recipient | | 6 | **eat** | present · progressive | I | | | | | whenever *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hear** | present | you | me | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **call out** *speech: assert* | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **burnt** | present · perfect · passive | | my food | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **run** | infinitive | | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **gather** | infinitive | | some | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme | | 12 | **heal** | may | eyes *= eye* | my mouth | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient | 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/pg3027/3/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/99/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/)