--- title: ‘Come with us on my ship,’ he answered; and the man made no objectio… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Come with us on my ship,’ he answered; and the man made no objections, but joined them; and the ship flew on, and on, and on, till suddenly the Simpleton, looking down on the road below, beheld a man aiming with a gun into the distance. Who acts: Hallo, man, ship, Simpleton. 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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 (Hallo, man, ship, Simpleton), 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:pg640:35:41 # text = ‘Come with us on my ship,’ he answered; and the man made no objections, but joined them; and the ship flew on, and on, and on, till suddenly the Simpleton, looking down on the road below, beheld a man aiming with a gun into the distance. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 objections objection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 28 on on ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 on on ADV RB _ 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 on on ADV RB _ 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 till till SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Simpleton Simpleton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 42 down down ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 below below ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 aiming aim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 acl _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | infinitive | | | | my ship | | with us | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ship=Location | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Hallo | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | the man | no objections | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent objection=Product | | 4 | **join** | past | the man *not said here* | objections *= objection* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 5 | **fly** | past | the ship | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **look down** | gerund | the Simpleton | | | | | on the road; down, suddenly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on road=Theme | | 7 | **behold** | participle | the road *not said here* | a man | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 8 | **aim** | gerund | a man *not said here* | | | | | with a gun; into the distance | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/42/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Ship(24)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/)