--- title: But they were not very, very far from land, and there was just enoug… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But they were not very, very far from land, and there was just enough strength left in the North Wind to enable him to throw her on to the shore, immediately under the windows of a castle which lay east of the sun and west of the moon; but then he was so weary and worn out that he was forced to rest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/112/) [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/) / [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/) / 112 # The Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, sentence 112 But they were not very, very far from land, and there was just enough strength left in the North Wind to enable him to throw her on to the shore, immediately under the windows of a castle which lay east of the sun and west of the moon; but then he was so weary and worn out that he was forced to rest for several days before he could go to his own home again. **Who acts:** waves, strength, castle · **What happens:** not be, leave, enable, throw on, lie, be · **To what, where:** land, enough strength, North Wind, strength, sea, windows This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (waves, strength, castle), 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:pg503:4:112 # text = But they were not very, very far from land, and there was just enough strength left in the North Wind to enable him to throw her on to the shore, immediately under the windows of a castle which lay east of the sun and west of the moon; but then he was so weary and worn out that he was forced to rest for several days before he could go to his own home again. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 15 just just ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 18 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 enable enable VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 under under ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 east east ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 west west ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 54 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 58 advmod _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 57 so so ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 conj _ _ 61 out out ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj:pass _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux:pass _ _ 65 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 advcl _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ _ 68 for for ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obl _ _ 71 before before SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 72 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 73 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 74 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 advcl _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 78 nmod:poss _ _ 77 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 79 again again ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | waves *= wave* | | | land | | far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | participle | | enough strength *not said here* | | | | in the North Wind *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in wind=Result | | 3 | **enable** | to-infinitive | | strength | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **throw on** | to-infinitive | strength *not said here* | sea | | the windows of a castle | | to the shore | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent she=Theme to shore=Destination | | 5 | **lie** | past | a castle | the sun and the moon | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sun=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | strength | | | | then | weary *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **wear out** | participle | strength *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **force** | past · passive | | strength | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **rest** | to-infinitive | strength *not said here* | | | | day | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **go** | could | strength | | | Wind's own home | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to home=Initial\_Location | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/113/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)