--- title: Meanwhile our friend had journeyed many miles, and was beginning to… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile our friend had journeyed many miles, and was beginning to feel quite safe and comfortable, when, happening to look round, he saw in the distance a thick cloud of dust moving rapidly. Who acts: friend, thick cloud. 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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 (friend, thick cloud), 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:pg5615:35:13 # text = Meanwhile our friend had journeyed many miles, and was beginning to feel quite safe and comfortable, when, happening to look round, he saw in the distance a thick cloud of dust moving rapidly. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 journeyed journey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 quite quite ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 24 round round ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 37 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **journey** | past · perfect | our friend | many miles | | | | meanwhile *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mile=Trajectory | | 2 | **begin** | past · progressive | our friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **feel** | to-infinitive | our friend *not said here* | | | | | safe *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **happen** | gerund | our friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **look round** | to-infinitive | our friend *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** | past | friend | | | | | in the distance | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **move** | gerund | a thick cloud of dust *not said here* | | | | | rapidly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **cloud** | | | dust | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/14/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/35/)