--- title: For a long time they cast patiently, without receiving a single bite… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For a long time they cast patiently, without receiving a single bite; the sun had grown low in the sky, and it seemed as if they would have to go home empty-handed, not even with a basket of roots to show; when the youth, who had baited his hook with raw meat, suddenly saw his line disappear under t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/84/) [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/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/) / 84 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 84 For a long time they cast patiently, without receiving a single bite; the sun had grown low in the sky, and it seemed as if they would have to go home empty-handed, not even with a basket of roots to show; when the youth, who had baited his hook with raw meat, suddenly saw his line disappear under the water. **Who acts:** roots, sun, it, line · **What happens:** cast, receive, grow, seem, have, go · **To what, where:** single bite, sky, youth, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (roots, sun, it, line), 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:pg3282:8:84 # text = For a long time they cast patiently, without receiving a single bite; the sun had grown low in the sky, and it seemed as if they would have to go home empty-handed, not even with a basket of roots to show; when the youth, who had baited his hook with raw meat, suddenly saw his line disappear under the water. 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 cast cast VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 patiently patiently ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 without without SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 receiving receive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 19 low low ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 home home ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 40 even even ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 49 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 55 advmod _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 baited bait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 raw raw ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 66 disappear disappear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 ccomp _ _ 67 under under ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cast** | present | roots *= root* | | | | time | patiently *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **receive** | gerund | roots *= root* *not said here* | a single bite | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bite=Theme | | 3 | **grow** | past · perfect | the sun | | | the sky | | low *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location | | 4 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | roots *= root* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | roots *= root* *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **hand** | participle | roots *= root* *not said here* | | | | | with a basket of roots | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **show** | to-infinitive | roots *= root* *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **bait** | past · perfect · passive | | the youth | | | | with raw meat | tree rules | | 10 | **see** | past | | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **disappear** | present | youth's line | | | the water | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/85/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/)