--- title: Meanwhile the jogi’s two pupils watched and watched for the chest un… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the jogi’s two pupils watched and watched for the chest until they were nearly tired of watching, and were beginning to wonder whether the jogi was right after all, when on the second day they spied the great chest coming floating on the river, slowly bobbing and turning in the tide; and i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/9/) [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 Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/) / 9 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5, sentence 9 Meanwhile the jogi’s two pupils watched and watched for the chest until they were nearly tired of watching, and were beginning to wonder whether the jogi was right after all, when on the second day they spied the great chest coming floating on the river, slowly bobbing and turning in the tide; and instantly a great joy and exultation seized them, for they thought that here indeed was further proof of the wonderful wisdom of their master. **Who acts:** two pupils, pupils, jogi, great joy, joy · **What happens:** watch, be, begin, wonder, spy, come · **To what, where:** great chest, river, tide, pupils, further proof · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two pupils, pupils, jogi, great joy), 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:pg3454:5:9 # text = Meanwhile the jogi’s two pupils watched and watched for the chest until they were nearly tired of watching, and were beginning to wonder whether the jogi was right after all, when on the second day they spied the great chest coming floating on the river, slowly bobbing and turning in the tide; and instantly a great joy and exultation seized them, for they thought that here indeed was further proof of the wonderful wisdom of their master. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 jogi jogi NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 until until SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 18 of of SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 wonder wonder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 jogi jogi NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 right right ADV RB _ 25 ccomp _ _ 31 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 38 amod _ _ 38 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 spied spy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 45 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 xcomp _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 bobbing bob VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 conj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 65 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 59 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 exultation exultation NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ _ 65 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 66 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 for for SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 69 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 70 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 conj _ _ 71 that that SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 72 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 70 ccomp _ _ 73 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 74 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 cop _ _ 75 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 ccomp _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 79 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 80 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nmod _ _ 81 of of ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 83 nmod:poss _ _ 83 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past | the jogi's two pupils | | | | | meanwhile *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **watch** | past | the jogi's two pupils *not said here* | | | | | for the chest | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for chest=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | pupils *= pupil* | | | | | nearly, tired *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **watch** | gerund | pupils *= pupil* *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **begin** | past · progressive | the jogi's two pupils *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the jogi's two pupils *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | the jogi | | | | after all | right *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **spy** | past | pupils *= pupil* | the great chest | | | day | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chest=Stimulus | | 9 | **come** | gerund | pupils *= pupil* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **float** | gerund | pupils *= pupil* *not said here* | | | the river | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on river=Trajectory | | 11 | **bob** | gerund | pupils *= pupil* *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **turn** | gerund | pupils *= pupil* *not said here* | | | the tide | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in tide=Trajectory | | 13 | **seize** | past | a great joy and exultation | pupils *= pupil* | | | | instantly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 14 | **think** *speech: other* | past | joy | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 15 | **is a** | past | | further proof | | | | of the wonderful wisdom of joy's master; indeed *property* | tree rules | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/10/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/5/)