--- title: And the sun said no, but that perhaps the wind had seen it, for he e… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the sun said no, but that perhaps the wind had seen it, for he entered everywhere, and saw things that no one else ever saw, and if anyone knew where it was, it was certainly the wind. Who acts: sun, one, anyone, furniture. 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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 (sun, one, anyone, furniture), 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:pg7277:20:56 # text = And the sun said no, but that perhaps the wind had seen it, for he entered everywhere, and saw things that no one else ever saw, and if anyone knew where it was, it was certainly the wind. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 19 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 else else ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 29 advmod _ _ 29 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 nsubj _ _ 34 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the sun | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | | 2 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | | the wind | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **enter** | past | sun | | | | | everywhere *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | | things | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | past | no one | things | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 6 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | anyone | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **be** | past | furniture | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | past | furniture | the wind | | | | certainly *property* | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/20/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/20/57/) - ↑ back to [The Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/20/)