--- title: ‘Come into the ship with us,’ answered the Simpleton; and the man wa… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Come into the ship with us,’ answered the Simpleton; and the man was only too glad to join them, and he got in; and the ship flew on, farther and farther, till again the Simpleton from his outlook saw a man on the road below, carrying on his back a basket full of bread. 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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), 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:pg640:35:46 # text = ‘Come into the ship with us,’ answered the Simpleton; and the man was only too glad to join them, and he got in; and the ship flew on, farther and farther, till again the Simpleton from his outlook saw a man on the road below, carrying on his back a basket full of bread. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Simpleton Simpleton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 too too ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 28 in in ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 34 on on ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 40 till till ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 again again ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Simpleton Simpleton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 outlook outlook NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 below below ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 61 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | infinitive | | | | the ship | | with us | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into ship=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | the Simpleton | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the man | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **join** | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | beast | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 5 | **get in** | past | man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **fly** | past | the ship | | | | | far *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | the Simpleton from man's outlook | a man | | the road | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 8 | **carry** | gerund | the Simpleton from man's outlook *not said here* | a basket | | man's back | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/47/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Ship(24)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/)