--- title: A great stretch of wild jungle country had, in the night, been chang… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A great stretch of wild jungle country had, in the night, been changed into parks and gardens; and if it had not been for some of Wali Dâd’s new servants, who found him and brought him to the palace, he would have fled away under the impression that his trouble had sent him crazy, and that all he sa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/25/) [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 Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/) / 25 # The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 2, sentence 25 A great stretch of wild jungle country had, in the night, been changed into parks and gardens; and if it had not been for some of Wali Dâd’s new servants, who found him and brought him to the palace, he would have fled away under the impression that his trouble had sent him crazy, and that all he saw was only imagination. **Who acts:** great stretch, new servants, impression, Dâd, all · **What happens:** have, change, find, bring, flee away, send · **To what, where:** night, parks, Dâd, palace, some, impression This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (great stretch, new servants, impression, Dâd), 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:pg3282:35:25 # text = A great stretch of wild jungle country had, in the night, been changed into parks and gardens; and if it had not been for some of Wali Dâd’s new servants, who found him and brought him to the palace, he would have fled away under the impression that his trouble had sent him crazy, and that all he saw was only imagination. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stretch stretch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 parks park NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 Wali Wali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Dâd Dâd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux _ _ 49 fled flee VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 50 away away ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 under under ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 impression impression NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl:relcl _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 crazy crazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 63 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 64 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 69 nsubj _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 acl:relcl _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 68 only only ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 69 imagination imagination NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | a great stretch of wild jungle country | | | | night | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **change** | participle · passive | | the night *not said here* | | | | into parks and gardens *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: into park=Result | | 3 | **find** | past | Wali Dâd's new servants | Dâd | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 4 | **bring** | past | Wali Dâd's new servants *not said here* | Dâd | | the palace | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to palace=Destination | | 5 | **flee away** | would · perfect · passive | | some | | the impression | | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | the impression *not said here* | Dâd's trouble | | | | crazy *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination he=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | Dâd | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | past | all | imagination | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **trouble** | | Dâd | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition 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 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/26/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/35/)