--- title: Many time he fancied it was close to him, and many times it turned o… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Many time he fancied it was close to him, and many times it turned out to be something else; but, at last, when light was fading, and he had almost given up hope, he came upon a large bed of the plant, right under his feet! Who acts: deal, wood, many times, light. 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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 (deal, wood, many times, light), 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:pg3027:38:52 # text = Many time he fancied it was close to him, and many times it turned out to be something else; but, at last, when light was fading, and he had almost given up hope, he came upon a large bed of the plant, right under his feet! 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 15 xcomp _ _ 20 else else ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 fading fade VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 almost almost ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 right right ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 under under ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fancy** | past | deal | | | | time | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | wood | | deal | | | close *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **turn out** | past | many times | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | many times *not said here* | something | | | | else *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fade** | past · progressive | light | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **give up** | past · perfect · passive | | deal | | | | almost *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | past | deal | | | deal's feet | | upon a large bed of the plant | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon bed=Location | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/)