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title: The dog, however, seemed to know what to expect, and, after a wild h… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The dog, however, seemed to know what to expect, and, after a wild howl, went on; but the boy, who was uncertain whether this was the quarter of an hour when the giant was asleep, hesitated to follow him, and paused for a moment under a wild olive that grew near by, the only tree which he had beheld
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# The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 33, sentence 78

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The dog, however, seemed to know what to expect, and, after a wild howl, went on; but the boy, who was uncertain whether this was the quarter of an hour when the giant was asleep, hesitated to follow him, and paused for a moment under a wild olive that grew near by, the only tree which he had beheld since he had parted from the dove. '

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**Who acts:** dog, boy, this, giant, wild olive · **What happens:** seem, know, expect, go on, be, hesitate · **To what, where:** boy, quarter, dog, wild olive, only tree · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dog, boy, this, giant), 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:pg3027:33:78
# text = The dog, however, seemed to know what to expect, and, after a wild howl, went on; but the boy, who was uncertain whether this was the quarter of an hour when the giant was asleep, hesitated to follow him, and paused for a moment under a wild olive that grew near by, the only tree which he had beheld since he had parted from the dove. '
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	however	however	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	expect	expect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	howl	howl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
20	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
21	on	on	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	uncertain	uncertain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	acl:relcl	_	_
30	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
31	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	34	nsubj	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	parataxis	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
38	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	42	mark	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
41	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
42	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	hesitated	hesitate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	conj	_	_
45	to	to	PART	TO	_	46	mark	_	_
46	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	xcomp	_	_
47	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	paused	pause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
51	for	for	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
54	under	under	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	olive	olive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
58	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	59	nsubj	_	_
59	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	acl:relcl	_	_
60	near	near	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
61	by	by	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
64	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
66	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	69	nsubj:pass	_	_
67	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
68	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	_
69	beheld	behold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	65	acl:relcl	_	_
70	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	73	mark	_	_
71	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	73	nsubj	_	_
72	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	73	aux	_	_
73	parted	part	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	69	advcl	_	_
74	from	from	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	50	punct	_	_
78	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | past | the dog | the boy |  |  |  | however *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **know** | to-infinitive | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **expect** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 4 | **go on** | past | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  | after a wild howl |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | past | the boy |  |  |  |  | uncertain *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **is a** | past | this | the quarter |  |  | hour |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | past | the giant |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **hesitate** | participle | the giant *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **follow** | to-infinitive | the giant *not said here* | dog |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 10 | **pause** | past | the dog *not said here* |  |  | a wild olive | moment |  | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under olive=Location |
| 11 | **grow** | past | a wild olive |  |  |  |  | by the only tree; near *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by tree=Location |
| 12 | **behold** | past · perfect · passive |  | the only tree |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 13 | **part** | past · perfect | dog |  |  |  |  | from the dove | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from dove=Co-Patient |

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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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