--- title: Having got to the top, he looked round about him and saw that he was… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Having got to the top, he looked round about him and saw that he was on an island, which was covered with forest, with apples growing, and altogether pleasant as far as the land was concerned. Who acts: Prince, apples, land. 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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 (Prince, apples, land), 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:pg640:42:22 # text = Having got to the top, he looked round about him and saw that he was on an island, which was covered with forest, with apples growing, and altogether pleasant as far as the land was concerned. 1 Having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 2 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 round round ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 with with SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 concerned concerned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | participle | Prince *not said here* | | | | | to the top *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to top=Result | | 3 | **look round** | past | Prince | | | | | about Ingiborg; round *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about he=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | Prince | | | a island | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cover** | past · passive | | a island | | | | with forest | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with forest=Theme | | 7 | **grow** | gerund | apples | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | the land | | | | | concerned *property* | tree rules | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/23/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)