--- title: Then he went away to seek the bird, as his stepmother bade him; and,… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he went away to seek the bird, as his stepmother bade him; and, looking homewards from the hill, he saw the queen standing with one foot on the great house, and the other on the castle, and her face turned towards whatever tempest should blow. Who acts: Direach, queen, face, tempest. 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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 (Direach, queen, face, tempest), 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:pg3027:7:38 # text = Then he went away to seek the bird, as his stepmother bade him; and, looking homewards from the hill, he saw the queen standing with one foot on the great house, and the other on the castle, and her face turned towards whatever tempest should blow. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 19 homewards homeward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 48 towards towards ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 obl _ _ 50 tempest tempest NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go away** | past | Direach | | | | then | away *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **seek** | to-infinitive | Direach *not said here* | the bird | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | | 3 | **look** | gerund | Direach *not said here* | homewards | | the hill | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme homeward=Attribute | | 4 | **see** | past | Direach | the queen | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer queen=Stimulus | | 5 | **stand** | gerund | the queen *not said here* | | | the great house | | with one foot | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on house=Location | | 6 | **turn** | past | queen's face | | | whatever | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards whatever=Trajectory | | 7 | **blow** | should | tempest | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/7/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/7/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/7/)