--- title: When the Hunter came nearer he saw the maiden, and said to himself,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the Hunter came nearer he saw the maiden, and said to himself, ‘I have travelled so far now that I will rest, and turn into this beautiful castle; money I have in plenty.’ Who acts: Hunter, 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 (Hunter, 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:pg640:10:27 # text = When the Hunter came nearer he saw the maiden, and said to himself, ‘I have travelled so far now that I will rest, and turn into this beautiful castle; money I have in plenty.’ 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Hunter Hunter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 nearer near ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 travelled travell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 22 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 32 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the Hunter | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Hunter | the maiden | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | Hunter | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 4 | **travell** | present · perfect | I | | | | now | | tree rules | | 5 | **rest** | future | I | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | this beautiful castle | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into castle=Trajectory | | 7 | **have** | present | I | money | | plenty | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/10/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/10/28/) - ↑ back to [The Donkey Cabbage, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/10/)