--- title: And when the old boatman saw that he was in earnest, he told all he… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when the old boatman saw that he was in earnest, he told all he knew about the cavalier and the lady whom he had landed upon Squirrel Island, and the Admiral knew it must be the Princess and Fanfaronade; so he gave the order for the fleet to surround the island. 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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 (old boatman, boatman, Admiral, deaf), 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:pg540:4:69 # text = And when the old boatman saw that he was in earnest, he told all he knew about the cavalier and the lady whom he had landed upon Squirrel Island, and the Admiral knew it must be the Princess and Fanfaronade; so he gave the order for the fleet to surround the island. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 boatman boatman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 earnest earn ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 obj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cavalier cavalier NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 landed land VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 Squirrel Squirrel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Admiral Admiral PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 Fanfaronade Fanfaronade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 surround surround VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the old boatman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | boatman | | | | | earn *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | boatman | all | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent all=Recipient | | 4 | **know** | past | boatman | | | | | about the cavalier and the lady | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about cavalier=Stimulus | | 5 | **land** | past · perfect | boatman | the lady | | | | upon Squirrel Island | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 6 | **know** | past | the Admiral | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | must | deaf | the Princess and Fanfaronade | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **give** | past | boatman | the order | | | | for the fleet | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent order=Theme for fleet=Asset | | 9 | **surround** | to-infinitive | boatman *not said here* | the island | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme island=Co-Theme | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/70/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/)