--- title: So when the day approached he put on his invisible belt, took a sack… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So when the day approached he put on his invisible belt, took a sack of gold pieces with him, and slipping into her room in the middle of the night, he placed the bag of gold beside her bed and returned to his sheep. Who acts: day, BOY. 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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 (day, BOY), 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:pg640:15:90 # text = So when the day approached he put on his invisible belt, took a sack of gold pieces with him, and slipping into her room in the middle of the night, he placed the bag of gold beside her bed and returned to his sheep. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 slipping slip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 beside beside ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | past | the day | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **put** | past | BOY | | | BOY's invisible belt | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on belt=Destination | | 3 | **take** | past | BOY *not said here* | a sack of gold pieces with BOY | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme | | 4 | **slip** | gerund | BOY *not said here* | | | company's room | | in the middle of the night | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in middle=Attribute | | 5 | **place** | past | BOY | the bag of gold | | company's bed | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme beside bed=Destination | | 6 | **return** | past | BOY *not said here* | | | | | to BOY's sheep *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to sheep=Result | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/91/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/)