--- title: But the hermit bade him call the man who had the fog in his sack, an… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the hermit bade him call the man who had the fog in his sack, and the sack was opened and the fog flew out, and hung right round the king’s ships, so that they could see nothing. Who acts: hermit, man, fog, sailors. 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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 (hermit, man, fog, sailors), 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:pg5615:20:17 # text = But the hermit bade him call the man who had the fog in his sack, and the sack was opened and the fog flew out, and hung right round the king’s ships, so that they could see nothing. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 right right ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 round round ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 41 mark _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 42 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present | hermit | the hermit bade | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient | | 2 | **have** | past | the man | the fog | | hermit's sack | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fog=Patient | | 3 | **open** | past · passive | | the sack | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **fly out** | past | the fog | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hang** | past | the fog *not said here* | | | the king's ships | | right *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round ship=Destination | | 6 | **see** | could | sailors *= sailor* | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/18/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/)