--- title: After she had seen the last thing she thanked the merchant and prepa… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After she had seen the last thing she thanked the merchant and prepared to go home; but when she came to the ship’s side she saw that they were on the high seas, far from land, and that the ship was speeding on its way under full canvas. Who acts: Princess, birds, ship. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/57/) [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/) / [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/) / 57 # The Blue Fairy Book, Trusty John, sentence 57 After she had seen the last thing she thanked the merchant and prepared to go home; but when she came to the ship’s side she saw that they were on the high seas, far from land, and that the ship was speeding on its way under full canvas. **Who acts:** Princess, birds, ship · **What happens:** see, thank, prepare, go, come, be · **To what, where:** last thing, merchant, side, land, high seas, way This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Trusty John. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, birds, ship), 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:pg503:41:57 # text = After she had seen the last thing she thanked the merchant and prepared to go home; but when she came to the ship’s side she saw that they were on the high seas, far from land, and that the ship was speeding on its way under full canvas. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 home home ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 speeding speed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 under under ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 canvas canvas NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · perfect | Princess | the last thing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Princess | the merchant | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merchant=Theme | | 3 | **prepare** | participle | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 4 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | Princess | | | the ship's side | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to side=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **see** | past | Princess | | | land | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | birds *= bird* | | | the high seas | | | tree rules | | 8 | **speed** | past · progressive | the ship | | | ship's way | | under full canvas | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on way=Trajectory | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/58/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)