--- title: As far as he could see, the swan’s head was tucked under its wing, a… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As far as he could see, the swan’s head was tucked under its wing, and Houarn, who had never beheld a boat of the sort, went quickly towards it and stepped in, so as to examine it the better. Who acts: Houarn. 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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 (Houarn), 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:pg3454:33:114 # text = As far as he could see, the swan’s head was tucked under its wing, and Houarn, who had never beheld a boat of the sort, went quickly towards it and stepped in, so as to examine it the better. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 tucked tuck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 under under ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 19 Houarn Houarn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 32 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 towards towards ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 in in ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 examine examine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | could | Houarn | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **tuck** | past · passive | | the swan's head | | swan's wing | | far *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme under wing=Trajectory | | 3 | **not** **behold** | past · perfect · passive | | Houarn | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | past | Houarn | | | swan | | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards it=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **step in** | past | Houarn *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **examine** | to-infinitive | Houarn *not said here* | boat | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/115/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/)