--- title: The country round was covered with forests, in which dwelt all kinds… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The country round was covered with forests, in which dwelt all kinds of wild beasts, and the young man and his companions used to spend whole days in hunting them, and he was the finest hunter of all the tribe. Who acts: young man, man. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/86/) [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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/) / 86 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 34, sentence 86 The country round was covered with forests, in which dwelt all kinds of wild beasts, and the young man and his companions used to spend whole days in hunting them, and he was the finest hunter of all the tribe. **Who acts:** young man, man · **What happens:** cover, dwell, use, spend, hunt, be · **To what, where:** country round, kinds, finest hunter This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (young man, man), 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:pg3027:34:86 # text = The country round was covered with forests, in which dwelt all kinds of wild beasts, and the young man and his companions used to spend whole days in hunting them, and he was the finest hunter of all the tribe. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 round round NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 25 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 in in SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 amod _ _ 39 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | past · passive | | the country round | | | | with forests | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with forest=Theme | | 2 | **dwell** | past | | all kinds of wild beasts | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme kind=Location | | 3 | **use** | past | the young man and man's companions | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **spend** | to-infinitive | the young man and man's companions *not said here* | | | | day | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hunt** | gerund | the young man and man's companions *not said here* | kinds *= kind* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | man | the finest hunter | | | | of all tribe | tree rules | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/87/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/34/)