--- title: For a long time he bewailed his sad fate like this, and then, seeing… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For a long time he bewailed his sad fate like this, and then, seeing that it was growing dark, and that still there was no sign of the Princess, he set out as fast as he could in the direction of the town. Who acts: face, fate, that. 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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 (face, fate, that), 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:pg503:32:18 # text = For a long time he bewailed his sad fate like this, and then, seeing that it was growing dark, and that still there was no sign of the Princess, he set out as fast as he could in the direction of the town. 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 bewailed bewail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 25 still still ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bewail** | past | face | face's sad fate | | | time | like this | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | gerund | face *not said here* | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **grow** | past · progressive | fate | | | | | dark *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | that | no sign | | | | of the Princess | tree rules | | 5 | **set out** | past | face | | | the direction of the town | | fast *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **fate** | | face | | | | | like this | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent like=obl | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/19/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/)