--- title: As they came near the borders of the kingdom of the Blue Mountains,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As they came near the borders of the kingdom of the Blue Mountains, however, the beef was done, and, when the Eagle looked over her shoulder, what was the Irishman at but throwing the stone between her tail and her neck! Who acts: men, Eagle, shoulder. 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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 (men, Eagle, shoulder), 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:pg640:45:146 # text = As they came near the borders of the kingdom of the Blue Mountains, however, the beef was done, and, when the Eagle looked over her shoulder, what was the Irishman at but throwing the stone between her tail and her neck! 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 borders border NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Blue Blue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Mountains Mountain PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 however however ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 beef beef NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Irishman Irishman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 between between ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | men *= man* | | | the borders of the kingdom of the Blue Mountains | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near border=Location | | 2 | **do** | past · passive | | the beef | | | | however *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **look** | past | the Eagle | | | | | over noise's shoulder | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over shoulder=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | noise's shoulder | the Irishman | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **throw** | gerund | the Eagle *not said here* | the stone and noise's neck | | noise's tail | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme between tail=Destination | 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 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/145/) - next →: [sentence 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/147/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/)