--- title: At last they reached their journey’s end, but by this time it was la… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last they reached their journey’s end, but by this time it was late, and the puma’s comrade was ready for bed, so they slung their hammocks in convenient places, and went to sleep. Who acts: men, end, comrade. 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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 (men, end, comrade), 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:pg3282:37:11 # text = At last they reached their journey’s end, but by this time it was late, and the puma’s comrade was ready for bed, so they slung their hammocks in convenient places, and went to sleep. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 puma puma NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 comrade comrade NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 slung sling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 hammocks hammock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 convenient convenient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | men *= man* | men's journey's end | | last | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent end=Theme at last=Asset | | 2 | **is** | past | end | | | | time | late *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the puma's comrade | | | | | for bed; ready *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **sling** | past | men *= man* | men's hammocks | | convenient places | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent hammock=Theme in place=Destination | | 5 | **go** | past | men *= man* *not said here* | | | sleep | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **journey** | | men *= man* | | | | | | nom journey «act 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/12/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)