--- title: Then he turned to look for the cows, and found them all lying in the… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he turned to look for the cows, and found them all lying in the place where he had left them; but when they saw Covan they rose up and walked homewards, taking a different path to that they had trod in the morning. Who acts: sun, cows. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Openi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/30/77/) [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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/30/) / 77 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 30, sentence 77 Then he turned to look for the cows, and found them all lying in the place where he had left them; but when they saw Covan they rose up and walked homewards, taking a different path to that they had trod in the morning. **Who acts:** sun, cows · **What happens:** turn, look, find, lie, leave, see · **To what, where:** cows, place, Covan, homewards, different path This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun, cows), 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:pg3027:30:77 # text = Then he turned to look for the cows, and found them all lying in the place where he had left them; but when they saw Covan they rose up and walked homewards, taking a different path to that they had trod in the morning. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nmod:unmarked _ _ 14 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 28 Covan Covan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 34 homewards homeward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 obl _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 trod tread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 ccomp _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | sun | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | sun *not said here* | | | | | for the cows | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for cow=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | sun *not said here* | cows *= cow* | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Attribute clause=Theme | | 4 | **lie** | gerund | cows *= cow* *not said here* | | | the place | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | | 5 | **leave** | past · perfect | sun | cows *= cow* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past | cows *= cow* | Covan | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer covan=Stimulus | | 7 | **rise up** | past | cows *= cow* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **walk** | past | cows *= cow* *not said here* | homewards | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme homeward=Trajectory | | 9 | **take** | gerund | cows *= cow* *not said here* | a different path | | | | to that | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent path=Theme to that=be' clause=Attribute | | 10 | **tread** | past · perfect | cows *= cow* | | | | morning | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/30/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/30/78/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/30/)