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title: And further again the path led them by the shores of a lake whereon… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: And further again the path led them by the shores of a lake whereon were floating two boats; one full of gay and happy youths, journeying to the land of the Sun, and another with grim shapes clothed in black, travelling to the land of Night. Who acts: path, one full youths. A sentence of «The Orange
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# The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 30, sentence 80

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And further again the path led them by the shores of a lake whereon were floating two boats; one full of gay and happy youths, journeying to the land of the Sun, and another with grim shapes clothed in black, travelling to the land of Night.

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**Who acts:** path, one full youths · **What happens:** lead, float, journey, clothe, travel · **To what, where:** cows, two boats, land, grim shapes

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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 (path, one full youths), 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:pg3027:30:80
# text = And further again the path led them by the shores of a lake whereon were floating two boats; one full of gay and happy youths, journeying to the land of the Sun, and another with grim shapes clothed in black, travelling to the land of Night.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
2	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
3	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shores	shore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	whereon	whereon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	floating	float	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
17	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
20	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	nummod	_	_
21	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	gay	gay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	conj	_	_
26	youths	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	journeying	journey	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	26	acl	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	26	conj	_	_
38	with	with	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	shapes	shape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	_
41	clothed	clothe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	40	acl	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	travelling	travel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	Night	Night	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | the path | cows *= cow* |  |  |  | by the shores of a lake; one full youths *obl*; far *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme by shore=Destination |
| 2 | **float** | past · progressive | the path *not said here* | two boats |  |  |  | whereon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |
| 3 | **journey** | gerund | one full youths *not said here* |  |  | the land of the Sun |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to land=Destination |
| 4 | **clothe** | participle |  | grim shapes *not said here* |  |  |  | in black | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in black=Theme |
| 5 | **travel** | gerund | the path *not said here* |  |  | the land of Night |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to land=Destination |

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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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