--- title: Stan wandered, and wandered, and wandered, till he reached to the en… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Stan wandered, and wandered, and wandered, till he reached to the end of the world, where that which is, is mingled with that which is not, and there he saw, a little way off, a sheepfold, with seven sheep in it. Who acts: Stan. 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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 (Stan), 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:pg641:13:44 # text = Stan wandered, and wandered, and wandered, till he reached to the end of the world, where that which is, is mingled with that which is not, and there he saw, a little way off, a sheepfold, with seven sheep in it. 1 Stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 mingled mingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 obl _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 36 expl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 off off ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 sheepfold sheepfold NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander** | past | Stan | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wander** | past | Stan *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **wander** | past | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **reach** | past | Stan | | | | to the end of the world | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **mingle** | present · passive | | that | | | | with that | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with that=Co-Patient | | 6 | **see** | past | Stan | a little way and a sheepfold | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sheep=Stimulus | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/45/) - ↑ back to [Stan Bolovan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/13/)