--- title: Iwanich turned round, and saw a tall, gaunt-looking man, clad in mis… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Iwanich turned round, and saw a tall, gaunt-looking man, clad in miserable rags, leaning on a crooked staff and seated at the foot of an oak tree, which was so much the same colour as himself that it was little wonder the Prince had ridden past the tree without noticing him. 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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 (Iwanich, oak tree, colour, 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:pg640:30:62 # text = Iwanich turned round, and saw a tall, gaunt-looking man, clad in miserable rags, leaning on a crooked staff and seated at the foot of an oak tree, which was so much the same colour as himself that it was little wonder the Prince had ridden past the tree without noticing him. 1 Iwanich Iwanich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 8 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 gaunt gaunt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 amod _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 clad clad VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 rags rag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 leaning lean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 crooked crooked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 much much ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 nmod _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 acl:relcl _ _ 53 past past ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 without without SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 57 noticing notice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 advcl _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn round** | past | Iwanich | | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | | a tall looking man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 3 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **clad** | past | | | | miserable rags | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lean** | gerund | | | | a crooked staff | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on staff=Location | | 6 | **seat** | participle | | | | the foot of a oak tree | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 7 | **is a** | past | a oak tree | the same colour | | | | as Iwanich | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | past | colour | little wonder | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **ride** | past · perfect | the Prince | little wonder *not said here* | | the tree | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wonder=Theme past tree=Trajectory | | 10 | **notice** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/63/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)