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title: On and on they travelled, looking always to right and left for trace… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: On and on they travelled, looking always to right and left for traces of the Princess, following up every track, making inquiries of every cat and dog they met, listening to the talk of every wayfarer they passed; and at last they heard that the kingdom at the utmost ends of the earth where the twel
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 165

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On and on they travelled, looking always to right and left for traces of the Princess, following up every track, making inquiries of every cat and dog they met, listening to the talk of every wayfarer they passed; and at last they heard that the kingdom at the utmost ends of the earth where the twelve youths had borne the Princess was not very far off.

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**Who acts:** rolls, Princess, wayfarer · **What happens:** travel, look, leave, follow up, make, meet · **To what, where:** track, inquiries, cat, wayfarer, kingdom, last

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Magic Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rolls, Princess, wayfarer), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:33:165
# text = On and on they travelled, looking always to right and left for traces of the Princess, following up every track, making inquiries of every cat and dog they met, listening to the talk of every wayfarer they passed; and at last they heard that the kingdom at the utmost ends of the earth where the twelve youths had borne the Princess was not very far off.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	1	cc	_	_
3	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	traces	trace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
20	up	up	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
21	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	det	_	_
22	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
25	inquiries	inquiry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	28	det	_	_
28	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
31	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	conj	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	40	det	_	_
40	wayfarer	wayfarer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
41	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
45	at	at	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	obl	_	_
47	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
49	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
52	at	at	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	utmost	utmost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obl	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	_
59	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	64	advmod	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	62	nummod	_	_
62	youths	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	64	nsubj:pass	_	_
63	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	64	aux	_	_
64	borne	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	58	acl:relcl	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	nsubj	_	_
67	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	cop	_	_
68	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	71	advmod	_	_
69	very	very	ADV	RB	_	70	advmod	_	_
70	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	71	advmod	_	_
71	off	off	ADV	RB	_	64	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past | rolls *= roll* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | rolls *= roll* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **leave** | participle | rolls *= roll* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for traces of the Princess | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for trace=Recipient |
| 4 | **follow up** | gerund | rolls *= roll* *not said here* | every track |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **make** | gerund | rolls *= roll* *not said here* | inquiries of every cat and dog |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset inquiry=Product |
| 6 | **meet** | past | rolls *= roll* | every cat and dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Co-Agent |
| 7 | **listen** | gerund | rolls *= roll* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the talk of every wayfarer | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to talk=Theme |
| 8 | **pass** | past | rolls *= roll* | every wayfarer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wayfarer=Trajectory |
| 9 | **hear** | past | rolls *= roll* | the kingdom |  | last | at the utmost ends of the earth |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kingdom=Stimulus |
| 10 | **bear** | past · perfect · passive |  | the twelve youths |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 11 | **not** **is** | past | the Princess |  |  |  |  | far, off *property* | tree rules |
| 12 | **inquire** |  |  | every cat and dog |  |  |  |  | nom inquiry «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 13 | **talk** |  | every wayfarer |  |  |  |  |  | nom talk «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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