--- title: He was waiting for her by a fountain in the thickest part of the for… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was waiting for her by a fountain in the thickest part of the forest, and the ground was strewn with splendid presents which he had prepared for her to show his joy and gratitude at her coming back. Who acts: King, ground. 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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 (King, ground), 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:pg503:31:76 # text = He was waiting for her by a fountain in the thickest part of the forest, and the ground was strewn with splendid presents which he had prepared for her to show his joy and gratitude at her coming back. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 thickest thick ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 12 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 strewn strewn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 37 at at SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 ccomp _ _ 40 back back ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | King | | | | | for Miranda; by a fountain in the thickest part of the forest | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fountain=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | the ground | | | | | with splendid presents; strewn *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **prepare** | past · perfect · passive | | splendid presents | | | | for Miranda | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for she=Beneficiary | | 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | | King's joy and gratitude | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent joy=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **come back** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **joy** | | King | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=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. - ← previous: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/77/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)