--- title: So the man was only too glad, and got in beside him; and the ship fl… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the man was only too glad, and got in beside him; and the ship flew, and flew, and flew through the air, till again from his outlook the Simpleton saw a man on the road below, who was hopping on one leg, while his other leg was tied up behind his ear. Who acts: man, ship, Simpleton, road. 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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 (man, 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:pg640:35:36 # text = So the man was only too glad, and got in beside him; and the ship flew, and flew, and flew through the air, till again from his outlook the Simpleton saw a man on the road below, who was hopping on one leg, while his other leg was tied up behind his ear. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 in in ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 beside beside ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 through through ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 till till ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 outlook outlook NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Simpleton Simpleton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 below below ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 hopping hop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 conj _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 while while SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 57 up up ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 58 behind behind ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the man | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get in** | past | the man *not said here* | | | | | beside man | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **fly** | past | the ship | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fly** | past | the ship *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fly** | past | the ship *not said here* | | | the air | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location | | 6 | **see** | past | the Simpleton | a man | | the road | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 7 | **hop** | past · progressive | the road | | | one leg | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory | | 8 | **tie up** | past · passive | | Simpleton's other leg | | Simpleton's ear | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/37/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Ship(24)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/)