--- title: The people of Vadso were very proud of their champion, and thought t… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The people of Vadso were very proud of their champion, and thought that there was no one like him in the world, till, by-and-by, it came to their ears that there dwelt among the mountains a Lapp, Andras Baive by name, who was said by his friends to be even stronger and swifter than the bailiff. 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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 (people, one, world, friends), 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:pg3027:36:64 # text = The people of Vadso were very proud of their champion, and thought that there was no one like him in the world, till, by-and-by, it came to their ears that there dwelt among the mountains a Lapp, Andras Baive by name, who was said by his friends to be even stronger and swifter than the bailiff. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Vadso Vadso PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 champion champion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 till till INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 by by SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 39 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 among among ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Lapp Lapp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Andras Andras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 Baive Baive PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 flat _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 acl:relcl _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 61 cop _ _ 60 even even ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 54 ccomp _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 swifter swift ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 61 conj _ _ 64 than than ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 bailiff bailiff NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the people of Vadso | | | | | of people's champion; proud *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **be** | past | no one like Vadso in the world | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | world | | | people's ears | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ear=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **dwell** | past | | people's ears | | there | | among the mountains; by name | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme that=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | Vadso's friends | name | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | | | | | | than the bailiff | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/65/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/36/)