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title: As he was making his way to his own particular palm-tree, where the… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: As he was making his way to his own particular palm-tree, where the cocoanuts grew, which were so useful for pelting passers-by, he met a woman who was scaling a fish with a bit of wood, for in this side of the forest a few people lived in huts near the river. Who acts: he, cocoanuts, own particular
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# The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 3, sentence 1

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As he was making his way to his own particular palm-tree, where the cocoanuts grew, which were so useful for pelting passers-by, he met a woman who was scaling a fish with a bit of wood, for in this side of the forest a few people lived in huts near the river.

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**Who acts:** he, cocoanuts, own particular palm tree, woman · **What happens:** make, grow, be, pelt, meet, scale · **To what, where:** way, passers, woman, fish, huts

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (he, cocoanuts, own particular palm tree, woman), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3282:36:1
# text = As he was making his way to his own particular palm-tree, where the cocoanuts grew, which were so useful for pelting passers-by, he met a woman who was scaling a fish with a bit of wood, for in this side of the forest a few people lived in huts near the river.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	55	advcl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
10	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	18	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cocoanuts	cocoanut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
21	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	so	so	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
24	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
25	pelting	pelt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	advcl	_	_
26	passers	passer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	advcl	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
34	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	scaling	scale	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	33	acl:relcl	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
45	for	for	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	48	det	_	_
48	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
52	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
55	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	huts	hut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	obl	_	_
58	near	near	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	55	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · progressive | he | his way |  |  |  | to his own particular palm tree; for this side of the forest | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent way=Beneficiary people=Product for side=Asset |
| 2 | **grow** | past | the cocoanuts |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | his own particular palm tree |  |  |  |  | useful *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **pelt** | gerund | his own particular palm tree *not said here* |  | passers |  |  |  | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passer=Destination |
| 5 | **meet** | past | he | a woman |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Co-Agent |
| 6 | **scale** | past · progressive | a woman | a fish |  |  |  | with a bit of wood | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Source |
| 7 | **live** | past |  |  |  | huts |  | near the river | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hut=Location |

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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.

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**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.

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