--- title: There it was borne by the current close to the shore, and a woman wh… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There it was borne by the current close to the shore, and a woman who was down there washing her clothes caught it as it passed, and drew it out, saying to herself: 'What a nice smooth plank! Who acts: current, woman, wood. 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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 (current, woman, wood), 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:pg3027:34:107 # text = There it was borne by the current close to the shore, and a woman who was down there washing her clothes caught it as it passed, and drew it out, saying to herself: 'What a nice smooth plank! 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 down down ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 washing wash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 20 obj _ _ 23 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 43 det _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 plank plank NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · passive | the current | wood | | there | | what nice smooth plank *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | a woman | | | | | down, there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **wash** | gerund | a woman *not said here* | woman's clothes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 4 | **catch** | past | a woman | wood | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **pass** | past | wood | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **draw out** | past | a woman *not said here* | wood | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a woman *not said here* | | woman | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/108/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/)