--- title: Rosimond, becoming invisible, went to seek him amongst the pastures,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Rosimond, becoming invisible, went to seek him amongst the pastures, where he kept his flock, and, covering him with his mantle, he delivered him out of the hands of his cruel masters, and bore him back to the ship. Who acts: Rosimond. 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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 (Rosimond), 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:pg7277:19:74 # text = Rosimond, becoming invisible, went to seek him amongst the pastures, where he kept his flock, and, covering him with his mantle, he delivered him out of the hands of his cruel masters, and bore him back to the ship. 1 Rosimond Rosimond PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 becoming become VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 4 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pastures pasture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 covering cover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 masters master NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 back back ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | gerund | Rosimond *not said here* | | | | | invisible *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **go** | past | Rosimond | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **seek** | to-infinitive | Rosimond *not said here* | Rosimond | | the pastures | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme amongst pasture=Location | | 4 | **keep** | past | Rosimond | Rosimond's flock | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Theme | | 5 | **cover** | gerund | Rosimond *not said here* | | Rosimond | | | with Rosimond's mantle | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with mantle=Theme | | 6 | **deliver** | past | Rosimond | youth | | the hands of youth's cruel masters | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out hand=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **bear back** | past | Rosimond *not said here* | youth | | | | to the ship | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/75/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/)