--- title: Long he waited, but wait as he might, the basket never came back, fo… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Long he waited, but wait as he might, the basket never came back, for in their joy at being free the knight's daughters had forgotten all about Ian, and had set sail in the ship that had brought him and his brothers to the land of Grianaig. Who acts: accident, basket, daughters, asses. 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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 (accident, basket, daughters, asses), 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:pg3027:5:68 # text = Long he waited, but wait as he might, the basket never came back, for in their joy at being free the knight's daughters had forgotten all about Ian, and had set sail in the ship that had brought him and his brothers to the land of Grianaig. 1 Long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 cop _ _ 23 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 parataxis _ _ 30 all all ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 about about ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Grianaig Grianaig PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | accident | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wait** | present | accident *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **come back** | past | the basket | | | | | for asses's joy | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **forget** | past · perfect | the knight's daughters | | | | | about Ian | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | accident *not said here* | set sail | | the ship | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sail=Patient | | 7 | **set** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the ship | | | | to the land of Grianaig | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme he=Destination | | 9 | **joy** | | asses *= ass* | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/69/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/)