--- title: They could hear him calling the nuns around him, and saw them settle… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They could hear him calling the nuns around him, and saw them settle themselves under a tree, with the hermit in their midst--all but one, who remained on guard, as was the custom. Who acts: nuns, hermit. 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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 (nuns, hermit), 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:pg641:40:66 # text = They could hear him calling the nuns around him, and saw them settle themselves under a tree, with the hermit in their midst--all but one, who remained on guard, as was the custom. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 nuns nun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 around around ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 settle settle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 under under ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 conj _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | could | nuns *= nun* | hermit | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | gerund | hermit *not said here* | | the nuns | | | around hermit | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nun=Recipient | | 3 | **see** | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **settle** | infinitive | nuns *= nun* | nuns *= nun* | | a tree | | with the hermit in nuns's midst | vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme with hermit=Location | | 5 | **remain** | past | the hermit in nuns's midst | | | guard | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on guard=Location | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | as the custom | 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 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/67/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/)