--- title: One day, as he was looking sadly out to sea, he became aware of a cu… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, as he was looking sadly out to sea, he became aware of a curious looking boat which was drifting slowly towards the shore, and which presently ran into a little creek and there stuck fast in the sand. Who acts: Japan, curious looking boat. 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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 (Japan, curious looking boat), 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:pg7277:14:63 # text = One day, as he was looking sadly out to sea, he became aware of a curious looking boat which was drifting slowly towards the shore, and which presently ran into a little creek and there stuck fast in the sand. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 8 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 aware aware ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 amod _ _ 20 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 drifting drift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 towards towards ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 31 presently presently ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 creek creek NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 39 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 40 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past · progressive | Japan | | | | | out *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **become** | past | Japan | | | | day | aware *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **drift** | past · progressive | a curious looking boat | | | the shore | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards shore=Destination | | 5 | **run** | past | Japan *not said here* | | | a little creek | | presently *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent which=Theme into creek=Trajectory | | 6 | **stick** | participle | Japan *not said here* | | | the sand; there | | fast *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in sand=Destination | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/64/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)