--- title: He walked many hours, whistling and calling for it, but it never cam… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He walked many hours, whistling and calling for it, but it never came, and he went sadly home, resolved to be out with the dawn and never to rest till he had brought the wanderer back. Who acts: man, bird. 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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 (man, bird), 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:pg5615:36:65 # text = He walked many hours, whistling and calling for it, but it never came, and he went sadly home, resolved to be out with the dawn and never to rest till he had brought the wanderer back. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 whistling whistle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 20 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 home home ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 out out ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 34 till till SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wanderer wanderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | man | | | | hour | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **whistle** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **call** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | for bird | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for it=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **come** | past | bird | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | man | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **resolve** | participle | man *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | dawn | out *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **rest** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **bring back** | past · perfect | man | the wanderer | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wanderer=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/66/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/36/)