--- title: For some days longer he wandered up and down the forest, trying firs… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For some days longer he wandered up and down the forest, trying first one path, then another, but his courage at last gave way, and he sank wearily on the ground under a tree, feeling sure his last hour had come. Who acts: king, courage, last hour. 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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 (king, courage, last hour), 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:pg641:9:12 # text = For some days longer he wandered up and down the forest, trying first one path, then another, but his courage at last gave way, and he sank wearily on the ground under a tree, feeling sure his last hour had come. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 4 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 down down ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 14 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 advmod _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 19 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 nmod _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 32 wearily wearily ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 under under ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 41 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wander up** | past | king | | | | | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **try** | gerund | king *not said here* | one path | | | | another *obl* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Eventuality | | 3 | **give** | past | king's courage at last | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 4 | **sink** | past | king | | | the ground | | under a tree; wearily *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **feel** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | past · perfect | king's last hour | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/13/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/)