--- title: And the ship rose and rose, and in another minute was flying through… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the ship rose and rose, and in another minute was flying through the air, when the Simpleton, who was on the look out, cast his eyes down to the earth and saw a man beneath him on the road, who was kneeling with his ear upon the damp ground. Who acts: ship, Simpleton, road. A sentence of «The Ye --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/32/) [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 Flying Ship(24)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/) / 32 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Flying Ship(24), sentence 32 And the ship rose and rose, and in another minute was flying through the air, when the Simpleton, who was on the look out, cast his eyes down to the earth and saw a man beneath him on the road, who was kneeling with his ear upon the damp ground. **Who acts:** ship, Simpleton, road · **What happens:** rise, fly, be, cast, see, kneel · **To what, where:** air, look, eyes, man, road, damp ground This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Flying Ship(24). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ship, Simpleton, road), 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:pg640:35:32 # text = And the ship rose and rose, and in another minute was flying through the air, when the Simpleton, who was on the look out, cast his eyes down to the earth and saw a man beneath him on the road, who was kneeling with his ear upon the damp ground. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 14 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Simpleton Simpleton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 29 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 down down ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 kneeling kneel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 acl _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 upon upon ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 damp damp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | the ship | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **rise** | past | the ship *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fly** | past · progressive | the ship *not said here* | | | the air | minute | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | the Simpleton | | | the look | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cast** | infinitive | the Simpleton | Simpleton's eyes | | | | down *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Product | | 6 | **see** | past | the ship *not said here* | a man | | the road | | beneath Simpleton | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 7 | **kneel** | past · progressive | the road | | | the damp ground | | with Simpleton's ear | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon ground=Location | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/33/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Ship(24)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/)