--- title: Once upon a time an Indian hunter built himself a house in the middl… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Once upon a time an Indian hunter built himself a house in the middle of a great forest, far away from all his tribe; for his heart was gentle and kind, and he was weary of the treachery and cruel deeds of those who had been his friends. Who acts: Indian hunter, heart, hunter. 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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 (Indian hunter, heart, hunter), 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:pg640:24:103 # text = Once upon a time an Indian hunter built himself a house in the middle of a great forest, far away from all his tribe; for his heart was gentle and kind, and he was weary of the treachery and cruel deeds of those who had been his friends. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 2 upon upon ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 treachery treachery NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 44 nmod _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 obl _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 cop _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past | a Indian hunter | hunter | | the middle of a great forest | | away, once *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset himself=Beneficiary house=Product | | 2 | **is** | past | hunter's heart | | | | | gentle *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | hunter's heart *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | hunter | | | | | of the treachery and cruel deeds of those; weary *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | past · perfect | | hunter's friends | | | | | tree rules | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/104/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/)