--- title: For a long time he wandered all through the world, and it was not ti… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For a long time he wandered all through the world, and it was not till the ninety-ninth day after he started that he found an old man who was able to tell him where the Tree of the Sun grew. Who acts: son, world, old man, Tree. 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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 (son, world, old man, Tree), 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:pg640:38:11 # text = For a long time he wandered all through the world, and it was not till the ninety-ninth day after he started that he found an old man who was able to tell him where the Tree of the Sun grew. 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 16 till till ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 ninety ninety NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ninth ninth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 22 after after SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | past | son | | | the world | time | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through world=Trajectory | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | world | | | | till the ninth day | | tree rules | | 3 | **start** | past | son | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **find** | past | son | a old man | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 5 | **is** | past | a old man | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | a old man *not said here* | | son | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **grow** | past | the Tree of the Sun | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/12/) - ↑ back to [The Death of the Sun-hero (27)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/)