--- title: One day, when Nur Mahomed’s turn came to be on duty, he was just sit… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when Nur Mahomed’s turn came to be on duty, he was just sitting down to a delicious stew that had been sent in from the palace, when one of those gaunt, hungry dogs, which, in eastern countries, run about the streets, poked his nose in at the open guard-room door, and looked at Nur Mahomed --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/108/) [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 Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronge…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/) / 108 # The Brown Fairy Book, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, sentence 108 One day, when Nur Mahomed’s turn came to be on duty, he was just sitting down to a delicious stew that had been sent in from the palace, when one of those gaunt, hungry dogs, which, in eastern countries, run about the streets, poked his nose in at the open guard-room door, and looked at Nur Mahomed with mouth watering and nostrils working. **Who acts:** turn, Nur, one, nostrils · **What happens:** come, be, sit down, send in, run, poke · **To what, where:** duty, delicious stew, palace, nose, open room door This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (turn, Nur, one, nostrils), 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:pg3282:33:108 # text = One day, when Nur Mahomed’s turn came to be on duty, he was just sitting down to a delicious stew that had been sent in from the palace, when one of those gaunt, hungry dogs, which, in eastern countries, run about the streets, poked his nose in at the open guard-room door, and looked at Nur Mahomed with mouth watering and nostrils working. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 5 Nur Nur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 Mahomed Mahomed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 8 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 acl _ _ 19 down down ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 delicious delicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 stew stew NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 in in ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 48 mark _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 37 gaunt gaunt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 eastern eastern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 49 about about ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 poked poke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 57 at at ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 59 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 60 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 67 at at ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 Nur Nur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 69 Mahomed Mahomed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 flat _ _ 70 with with ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 72 watering water VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 66 advcl _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 74 nostrils nostril NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 nsubj _ _ 75 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 72 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Nur's turn | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | duty | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sit down** | past · progressive | Nur | duty *not said here* | | | | to a delicious stew; down *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **send in** | past · perfect · passive | | a delicious stew | | the palace | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from palace=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **run** | present | one of that gaunt hungry dogs in eastern countries | | | | | about the streets | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about street=Trajectory | | 6 | **poke** | past | Nur's turn *not said here* | Nur's nose | | the open room door | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nose=Theme | | 7 | **look** | past | Nur's turn *not said here* | | | | | with mouth; at Nur | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at nur=Theme | | 8 | **water** | gerund | Nur's turn *not said here* | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **work** | gerund | nostrils | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/109/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)