--- title: But he felt very bitterly parting from the home where he had been bo… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he felt very bitterly parting from the home where he had been born, and where he had at least passed a short but happy childhood, and sitting down on a hill he gazed once more fondly on his native place. Who acts: Peter. 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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 (Peter), 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:pg7277:23:9 # text = But he felt very bitterly parting from the home where he had been born, and where he had at least passed a short but happy childhood, and sitting down on a hill he gazed once more fondly on his native place. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 bitterly bitterly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 parting parting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 22 obl _ _ 22 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 27 childhood childhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 csubj _ _ 31 down down ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 37 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 38 advmod _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 39 fondly fondly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | Peter | bitterly parting | | the home | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parting=Theme | | 2 | **bear** | past · perfect · passive | | Peter | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **have** | past | Peter | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pass** | past | | a short childhood | | least | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent childhood=Theme at least=Destination | | 5 | **sit down** | gerund | | | | a hill | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location | | 6 | **gaze** | past | Peter | | | | | on Peter's native place; fondly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on place=Theme | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/10/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Swan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/)