--- title: The following day the same thing happened, and the next and the next… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The following day the same thing happened, and the next and the next and the next, till at length there was not even one left, and the rest of the day the jackal busied himself with digging a large hole at the back of the den. Who acts: following day, rest. 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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 (following day, rest), 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:pg5615:34:84 # text = The following day the same thing happened, and the next and the next and the next, till at length there was not even one left, and the rest of the day the jackal busied himself with digging a large hole at the back of the den. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 till till ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 even even ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nsubj _ _ 27 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 busied busy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ _ 39 with with SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 digging dig VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **happen** | past | the following day | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **busy** | past | the rest of the day the jackal | rest | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **dig** | gerund | the rest of the day the jackal *not said here* | a large hole | | | | at the back of the den | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Instrument at back=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 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/85/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)