--- title: After travelling for two or three days, he grew tired of walking wit… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After travelling for two or three days, he grew tired of walking without knowing where or for how long, and he stopped at an inn which was filled with merrymakers and ordered something to eat and drink. Who acts: man. 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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 (man), 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:pg7277:21:7 # text = After travelling for two or three days, he grew tired of walking without knowing where or for how long, and he stopped at an inn which was filled with merrymakers and ordered something to eat and drink. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 conj _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 without without SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 17 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 20 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 merrymakers merrymaker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 35 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **grow** | past | man | | | | | tired *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **walk** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **know** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **stop** | past | man | | | a inn | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at inn=Location | | 6 | **fill** | past · passive | | a inn | | | | with merrymakers | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with merrymaker=Instrument | | 7 | **order** | past | man *not said here* | something | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 8 | **eat** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | something *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **drink** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/21/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/21/8/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Blackbird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/21/)