--- title: On the third day the messenger returned and announced: “I have not b… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On the third day the messenger returned and announced: “I have not been able to find any new names, but as I came upon a high hill round the corner of the wood, where the foxes and hares bid each other good-night, I saw a little house, and in front of the house burned a fire, and round the fire spra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/224/) [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 Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Lea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/) / 224 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was, sentence 224 On the third day the messenger returned and announced: “I have not been able to find any new names, but as I came upon a high hill round the corner of the wood, where the foxes and hares bid each other good-night, I saw a little house, and in front of the house burned a fire, and round the fire sprang the most grotesque little man, hopping on one leg and crying: **Who acts:** messenger, foxes · **What happens:** return, announce, not be, find, come, bid · **To what, where:** new names, high hill, little house, fire, front, grotesque little man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (messenger, foxes), 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:pg503:13:224 # text = On the third day the messenger returned and announced: “I have not been able to find any new names, but as I came upon a high hill round the corner of the wood, where the foxes and hares bid each other good-night, I saw a little house, and in front of the house burned a fire, and round the fire sprang the most grotesque little man, hopping on one leg and crying: 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 announced announce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 cop _ _ 16 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 20 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 round round ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 hares hare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ _ 43 bid bid VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 44 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 45 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 62 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 67 round round ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 70 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 conj _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 72 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 73 advmod _ _ 73 grotesque grotesque ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 74 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 77 hopping hop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 70 advcl _ _ 78 on on ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 80 nummod _ _ 80 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ _ 81 and and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 82 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 77 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the messenger | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | the messenger *not said here* | | | | | | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the messenger *= messenger* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the messenger *= messenger* *not said here* | any new names | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the messenger *= messenger* | | | a high hill round the corner of the wood | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon hill=Location | | 6 | **bid** *in a quote* | present | the foxes and hares | | | | night | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | past | the messenger *= messenger* | a little house | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | | 8 | **burn** *in a quote* | past | the messenger *not said here* | a fire | | front of the house | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | | 9 | **spring** *in a quote* | past | the messenger *not said here* | the grotesque little man | | | | round the fire | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location man=Theme | | 10 | **hop** *in a quote* | gerund | the messenger *not said here* | | | one leg | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory | | 11 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | the messenger *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - 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