--- title: As I went I turned over in my mind if there was no way for me to get… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As I went I turned over in my mind if there was no way for me to get back my millet seed, which had dropped into the sea, and when I arrived at the place with the holy water I saw the seed had fallen on fruitful soil, and was growing before my eyes. Who acts: I, way, me, seed. 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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 (I, way, me, seed), 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:pg641:3:43 # text = As I went I turned over in my mind if there was no way for me to get back my millet seed, which had dropped into the sea, and when I arrived at the place with the holy water I saw the seed had fallen on fruitful soil, and was growing before my eyes. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 over over ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 19 back back ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 millet millet NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 ccomp _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 fruitful fruitful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 55 before before ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | I | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **turn over** | past | I | | | my mind | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | no way | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **get back** | to-infinitive | me | my millet seed | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seed=Stimulus | | 5 | **drop** | past · perfect · passive | | my millet seed | | the sea | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into sea=Destination | | 6 | **arrive** | past | I | | | the place with the holy water | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | I | the holy water *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fall** | past · perfect | the seed | | | fruitful soil | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on soil=Location | | 9 | **grow** | past · progressive | I *not said here* | | | my eyes | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before eye=Location | | 10 | **mind** | | my | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/44/) - ↑ back to [The Finest Liar in the World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/)