--- title: At last he could bear it no longer, and one day he fancied he saw si… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last he could bear it no longer, and one day he fancied he saw signs of his mother turning against him too; so that night, when the ducks and hens were still asleep, he stole away through an open door, and under cover of the burdock leaves scrambled on by the bank of the canal, till he reached a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/26/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/) / 26 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 9, sentence 26 At last he could bear it no longer, and one day he fancied he saw signs of his mother turning against him too; so that night, when the ducks and hens were still asleep, he stole away through an open door, and under cover of the burdock leaves scrambled on by the bank of the canal, till he reached a wide grassy moor, full of soft marshy places where the reeds grew. **Who acts:** rest, mother, ducks, reeds · **What happens:** bear, fancy, see, turn, be, steal away · **To what, where:** difference, last, signs, open door, cover, wide grassy moor This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rest, mother, ducks, reeds), 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:pg3027:9:26 # text = At last he could bear it no longer, and one day he fancied he saw signs of his mother turning against him too; so that night, when the ducks and hens were still asleep, he stole away through an open door, and under cover of the burdock leaves scrambled on by the bank of the canal, till he reached a wide grassy moor, full of soft marshy places where the reeds grew. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 no no ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 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 14 ccomp _ _ 17 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 against against ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 too too ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so SCONJ IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 still still ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 48 under under ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 cover cover NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 burdock burdock NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 54 scrambled scramble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 xcomp _ _ 55 on on ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 canal canal NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 till till SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 67 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 68 grassy grassy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 moor moor NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 74 marshy marshy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obl _ _ 76 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 79 advmod _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 reeds reed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 nsubj _ _ 79 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | could | rest | difference | | last | night | long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **fancy** | past | rest | | | | day | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | past | rest | signs of rest's mother | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus | | 4 | **turn** | gerund | rest's mother *not said here* | | | | | against rest | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme against he=Trajectory | | 5 | **is** | past | the ducks and hens | | | | still | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **steal away** | past | rest | | | a open door | | away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through door=Location | | 7 | **leave** | present | rest *not said here* | | | cover of the burdock | | | tree rules | | 8 | **scramble on** | participle | rest *not said here* | | | | | by the bank of the canal | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by bank=Trajectory | | 9 | **reach** | past | rest | a wide grassy moor | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent moor=Theme | | 10 | **grow** | past | the reeds | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **sign** | | | rest's mother | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/27/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/9/)