--- title: Now the king of Erin had been hunting on the hill, and when he saw a… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the king of Erin had been hunting on the hill, and when he saw a strange ship sailing towards the harbour, he guessed that it might be Ian Direach, and left his hunting, and ran down to the hill to the stable. Who acts: king, strange ship, ship. 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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 (king, strange ship, ship), 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:pg3027:8:16 # text = Now the king of Erin had been hunting on the hill, and when he saw a strange ship sailing towards the harbour, he guessed that it might be Ian Direach, and left his hunting, and ran down to the hill to the stable. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux _ _ 8 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 sailing sail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 21 towards towards ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 32 Direach Direach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 41 down down ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | past · perfect · progressive | the king of Erin | | | the hill | now | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | king | a strange ship | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ship=Stimulus | | 3 | **sail** | gerund | a strange ship *not said here* | | | the harbour | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent towards harbour=Trajectory | | 4 | **guess** | past | king | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | might | ship | Ian | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **leave** | past | king *not said here* | king's hunting | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunting=Theme | | 7 | **run down** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | to the hill *result*; to the stable; down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hill=Result | | 8 | **hunt** | | king | | | | | | nom hunting «act 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/17/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/)