--- title: And searching the country through, up to the very boundary, he found… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And searching the country through, up to the very boundary, he found no fault-finder, and heard only of his own virtue; and so he turned back from the outer-most boundary, and returned by the high road towards the city. Who acts: he. 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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 (he), 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:pg7128:20:2 # text = And searching the country through, up to the very boundary, he found no fault-finder, and heard only of his own virtue; and so he turned back from the outer-most boundary, and returned by the high road towards the city. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 searching search VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 through through ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 up up ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 boundary boundary NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 16 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 finder finder NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 22 only only ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 32 back back ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 38 amod _ _ 38 boundary boundary NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 towards towards ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **search** | gerund | he *not said here* | the country | | | | up the boundary; through *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent country=Location | | 2 | **find** | past | he | no fault finder | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finder=Topic | | 3 | **hear** | past | he *not said here* | his own virtue | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer virtue=Stimulus | | 4 | **turn back** | past | he | | | the outer most boundary | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from boundary=Source | | 5 | **return** | participle | he *not said here* | | | the city | | by the high road | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards city=Initial\_Location | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/3/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)