--- title: So farewell,’ said he, and as the Seagull went back to her fishing h… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So farewell,’ said he, and as the Seagull went back to her fishing he rolled himself in the mantle and threw himself down on a heap of dried grass, thinking of the strange things that had befallen him, till he suddenly exclaimed: Who acts: King, Seagull, strange things. 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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 (King, Seagull, strange things), 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:pg7277:22:110 # text = So farewell,’ said he, and as the Seagull went back to her fishing he rolled himself in the mantle and threw himself down on a heap of dried grass, thinking of the strange things that had befallen him, till he suddenly exclaimed: 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 farewell farewell INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Seagull seagull NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 till till SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go back** | past | the Seagull | | | | | to Seagull's fishing *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to fishing=Result | | 3 | **roll** | past | King | King | | the mantle | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in mantle=Trajectory | | 4 | **throw down** | past | the Seagull *not said here* | King | | a heap of dried grass | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on heap=Destination | | 5 | **dry** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the Seagull *not said here* | | | | | of the strange things | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **befall** | past · perfect | the strange things | King | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | King | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **fish** | | Seagull | | | | | | nom fishing «act transitive»: poss=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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/111/) - ↑ back to [The Little Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/)