--- title: He wandered for a long while through the forests, where he met nothi… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He wandered for a long while through the forests, where he met nothing but fearful monsters; he climbed rock after rock, steered his way from tree to tree, till at length he arrived at the edge of the sea, at the foot of a mountain that he remembered to have seen in the cabinet of the present, where --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/35/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/) / 35 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4, sentence 35 He wandered for a long while through the forests, where he met nothing but fearful monsters; he climbed rock after rock, steered his way from tree to tree, till at length he arrived at the edge of the sea, at the foot of a mountain that he remembered to have seen in the cabinet of the present, where Rosalie was held captive. **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** wander, meet, climb, steer, arrive, remember · **To what, where:** forests, nothing, rock, way, tree, edge · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince), 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:pg640:17:35 # text = He wandered for a long while through the forests, where he met nothing but fearful monsters; he climbed rock after rock, steered his way from tree to tree, till at length he arrived at the edge of the sea, at the foot of a mountain that he remembered to have seen in the cabinet of the present, where Rosalie was held captive. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 obj _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 monsters monster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 after after ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 steered steer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 till till ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 55 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 aux _ _ 56 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 ccomp _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 cabinet cabinet NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 67 advmod _ _ 65 Rosalie Rosalie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 acl:relcl _ _ 68 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | past | Prince | | | the forests | while | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory | | 2 | **meet** | past | Prince | nothing | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Co-Agent | | 3 | **climb** | past | Prince | rock | | | after rock | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location rock=Theme | | 4 | **steer** | past | Prince *not said here* | Prince's way | | tree | | to tree | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme from tree=Destination | | 5 | **arrive** | past | Prince | | | the edge of the sea | till length | at the foot of a mountain | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **remember** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive · perfect | | | | the cabinet of the present | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **hold** | past · passive | | Rosalie | | | | captive *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/36/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/)