--- title: One day, while he was watching the horses, he came to the banks of a… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, while he was watching the horses, he came to the banks of a river, and saw a big fish, which through some mischance had been cast on the land, struggling hard to get back into the water. Who acts: Prince. 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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 (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:pg640:31:57 # text = One day, while he was watching the horses, he came to the banks of a river, and saw a big fish, which through some mischance had been cast on the land, struggling hard to get back into the water. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 27 through through ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 mischance mischance NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 struggling struggle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 parataxis _ _ 38 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 back back ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past · progressive | Prince | the horses | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | Prince | | | the banks of a river | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bank=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **see** | past | Prince *not said here* | a big fish | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fish=Stimulus | | 4 | **cast** | past · perfect · passive | | a big fish | | some mischance | | on the land | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: which=Theme through mischance=Destination | | 5 | **struggle** | gerund | | | | | | hard *property* | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **get back** | to-infinitive | | | | the water | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into water=Destination | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/58/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)