--- title: Now Balancin, whose foot had been much less painful since Gilguerill… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now Balancin, whose foot had been much less painful since Gilguerillo had wrapped it in the plaster, was counting the days to the young man's return; and when he was told Gilguerillo was there, ordered him to be admitted at once. Who acts: Balancin, Gilguerillo, young man. 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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 (Balancin, Gilguerillo, young 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:pg3027:38:62 # text = Now Balancin, whose foot had been much less painful since Gilguerillo had wrapped it in the plaster, was counting the days to the young man's return; and when he was told Gilguerillo was there, ordered him to be admitted at once. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 2 Balancin Balancin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _ 8 much much ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 painful painful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 since since SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 Gilguerillo Gilguerillo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 plaster plaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 when when SCONJ WRB _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 36 Gilguerillo Gilguerillo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 admitted admit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 xcomp _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | Balancin | | | | now | less, painful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wrap** | past · perfect · passive | | Gilguerillo | | the plaster | | | tree rules | | 3 | **count** | past · progressive | Balancin *not said here* | | | | day | to the young man's return | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to return=Experiencer | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | Gilguerillo | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | Gilguerillo | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **order** | past | Balancin *not said here* | | Gilguerillo | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **admit** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Balancin *not said here* | | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: at once=Location | | 8 | **return** | | the young man | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/63/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/)