--- title: Day after day the boy climbed to the top of a tall tree near the hou… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Day after day the boy climbed to the top of a tall tree near the house, and sat there till he was almost frozen, looking on all sides through the forest openings, hoping that he might see someone coming along. Who acts: Day, rest. 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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 (Day, rest), 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:pg3282:14:98 # text = Day after day the boy climbed to the top of a tall tree near the house, and sat there till he was almost frozen, looking on all sides through the forest openings, hoping that he might see someone coming along. 1 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 near near ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 21 till till SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 24 almost almost ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 openings opening NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 41 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 40 obj _ _ 42 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 43 along along ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | past | Day after day | | | the top of a tall tree near the house | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination | | 2 | **sit** | past | Day after day *not said here* | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **freeze** | past · passive | | rest | | | | almost *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 4 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | through the forest openings; on all sides | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on side=Theme | | 5 | **hope** | gerund | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **see** | might | rest | someone | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus | | 7 | **come along** | gerund | | | | | | along *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/99/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/14/)