--- title: Day after day he was to be seen watching the wooers, till, one morni… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Day after day he was to be seen watching the wooers, till, one morning, he felt that he knew the plan of the walls by heart, and took his place by the side of the others. Who acts: Day, prince. 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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, prince), 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:pg3282:25:40 # text = Day after day he was to be seen watching the wooers, till, one morning, he felt that he knew the plan of the walls by heart, and took his place by the side of the others. 1 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wooers wooer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 till till ADP IN _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · passive | Day after day *not said here* | prince | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **watch** | gerund | Day after day | the wooers | | | morning | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wooer=Theme | | 3 | **feel** | past | prince | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **know** | past | prince | the plan of the walls by heart | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus | | 5 | **take** | past | prince *not said here* | prince's place | | | | by the side of the others | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 6 | **plan** | | | the walls by heart | | | | | nom plan «cognition 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 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/41/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/)