--- title: At last, he came upon a poor man sitting under a tree, and finding o… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last, he came upon a poor man sitting under a tree, and finding out he was hungry, the kindly farmer gave him his last cake, and sitting down to rest beside him, entered into conversation. Who acts: friend, poor man, farmer. 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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 (friend, poor man, farmer), 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:pg7128:22:21 # text = At last, he came upon a poor man sitting under a tree, and finding out he was hungry, the kindly farmer gave him his last cake, and sitting down to rest beside him, entered into conversation. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 under under ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 csubj _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 advcl _ _ 33 down down ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 36 beside beside ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | friend | | | last | | upon a poor man | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location | | 2 | **sit** | gerund | a poor man *not said here* | | | a tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location | | 3 | **find out** | gerund | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | friend | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | past | the farmer | friend's last cake | friend | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cake=Theme | | 6 | **sit down** | gerund | the farmer *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **rest** | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* | | | | | beside friend | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside he=Location | | 8 | **enter** | past | the farmer *not said here* | | | conversation | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into conversation=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/22/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)