--- title: But after some days a fearful storm came on, which completely wrecke… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But after some days a fearful storm came on, which completely wrecked the little ship, and the Prince only saved his life by swimming a long, long way to the only land that was in sight, and which proved to be a desert island. Who acts: fearful storm, Prince, only land. 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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 (fearful storm, Prince, only land), 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:pg7277:14:61 # text = But after some days a fearful storm came on, which completely wrecked the little ship, and the Prince only saved his life by swimming a long, long way to the only land that was in sight, and which proved to be a desert island. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 on on ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 completely completely ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 wrecked wreck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 by by SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come on** | past | a fearful storm | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wreck** | past | | the little ship | | | | completely *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient | | 3 | **save** | past | the Prince | Japan's life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 4 | **swim** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | a long long way | | the only land | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to land=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | the only land | | | sight | | | tree rules | | 6 | **prove** | past | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a desert island | | | | | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/62/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)