--- title: It happened one time that he had gone out to fish in good weather, a… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It happened one time that he had gone out to fish in good weather, all alone in a little boat, but he did not come home that day, nor the following one, so that all believed he had perished out at sea. Who acts: It, little. 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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 (It, little), 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:pg5615:12:22 # text = It happened one time that he had gone out to fish in good weather, all alone in a little boat, but he did not come home that day, nor the following one, so that all believed he had perished out at sea. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 all all ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 alone alone ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 28 home home ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 advmod _ _ 40 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 perished perish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 ccomp _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go out** | past · perfect | little | | | good weather | | to fish; alone *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | little | | | | day | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **follow** | gerund | little *not said here* | one | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 5 | **believe** | past | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **perish out** | past · perfect · passive | | little | | sea | | | tree rules | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/23/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/)