--- title: The wind had turned, and the boat had drifted out with one wind and… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The wind had turned, and the boat had drifted out with one wind and drifted in with another while Little Lasse slept, and what Lasse thought was frizzling in a frying-pan was the low murmur of the waves as they washed against the stones on the shore. 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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 (Little Lasse, Lasse, low murmur, frizzling), 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:pg3454:15:12 # text = The wind had turned, and the boat had drifted out with one wind and drifted in with another while Little Lasse slept, and what Lasse thought was frizzling in a frying-pan was the low murmur of the waves as they washed against the stones on the shore. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 drifted drift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 drifted drift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 16 obl _ _ 20 while while SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 Little Little ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Lasse Lasse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:outer _ _ 27 Lasse Lasse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 frizzling frizzle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 csubj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 frying frying NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 murmur murmur NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 46 against against ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive | | the wind | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **drift out** | past · perfect · passive | | the boat | | | | with one wind | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **drift** | participle | | | | another | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in another=Trajectory | | 4 | **sleep** | past | Little Lasse | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Lasse | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **frizzle** | past · progressive | the low murmur | | | a frying pan | | | tree rules | | 7 | **be** *speech: other* | past | frizzling | the low murmur | | | | of the waves | tree rules | | 8 | **wash** | past | waves *= wave* | | | the shore | | against the stones | vn floss-41.2.1 «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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/13/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/)