--- title: One day they had been out in their boat since sunrise without a sing… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day they had been out in their boat since sunrise without a single bite, and were just thinking of putting up their lines and going home to bed when they felt a little feeble tug, and, drawing in hastily, they found a tiny fish at the end of the hook. Who acts: joy. 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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 (joy), 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:pg5615:22:112 # text = One day they had been out in their boat since sunrise without a single bite, and were just thinking of putting up their lines and going home to bed when they felt a little feeble tug, and, drawing in hastily, they found a tiny fish at the end of the hook. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 since since ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 without without ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 bite bite NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 21 of of SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 28 home home ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 feeble feeble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 tug tug NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 parataxis _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 hastily hastily ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | joy | | | joy's boat | day; sunrise | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | joy *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **put up** | gerund | joy *not said here* | joy's lines | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent line=Goal | | 4 | **go** | gerund | joy *not said here* | | | bed | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **feel** | past | joy | a little feeble tug | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tug=Theme | | 6 | **draw** | gerund | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in hastily=Destination | | 7 | **find** | past | joy | a tiny fish | | | at the end of the hook | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent fish=Theme at end=Asset | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/22/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/22/113/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/22/)