--- title: While he was wondering how he was to live it suddenly came into his… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: While he was wondering how he was to live it suddenly came into his mind that this was the season for the figs to ripen, and he said to himself, ‘I will go and see if the tree has borne well.’ Who acts: Ciccu, this, I. 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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 (Ciccu, this, I), 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:pg5615:37:95 # text = While he was wondering how he was to live it suddenly came into his mind that this was the season for the figs to ripen, and he said to himself, ‘I will go and see if the tree has borne well.’ 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 into into 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 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 advcl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 figs fig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 ripen ripen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 ccomp _ _ 44 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | Ciccu | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | Ciccu | | | | | live *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | | | | Ciccu's mind | | suddenly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into mind=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **is a** | past | this | the season | | | | for the figs | tree rules | | 5 | **ripen** | to-infinitive | this *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ciccu | | Ciccu | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 7 | **go** | future | I | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **bear** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect · passive | | the tree | | | | well *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 10 | **mind** | | Ciccu | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/96/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/)