--- title: So they went on and on for more than three months, and day by day th… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they went on and on for more than three months, and day by day the Ice Mountain, which they had seen for a long time, grew clearer, until at last they stood close to it, and shuddered at its height and steepness. Who acts: Princes. 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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 (Princes), 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:pg7277:17:34 # text = So they went on and on for more than three months, and day by day the Ice Mountain, which they had seen for a long time, grew clearer, until at last they stood close to it, and shuddered at its height and steepness. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 on on ADV RB _ 4 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 10 advmod _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Ice Ice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Mountain Mountain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 clearer clear ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 until until SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obl _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 38 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 shuddered shudder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 steepness steepness NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Princes *= prince* | the Ice Mountain | | | month | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | | the Ice Mountain | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **grow** | past | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | | clear *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | past | Princes *= prince* | | Mountain | last | | close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at last=Location | | 5 | **shudder** | participle | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | | at Mountain's height and steepness | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at height=Stimulus | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/35/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)