--- title: After wandering about for several days until he was weary and hungry… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After wandering about for several days until he was weary and hungry, he at last succeeded in finding a way out of the forest, and soon came to a wide and rapid river, which he followed, hoping to find some means of crossing it, and it happened that as the sun rose the next morning he saw something --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/) / 12 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 12 After wandering about for several days until he was weary and hungry, he at last succeeded in finding a way out of the forest, and soon came to a wide and rapid river, which he followed, hoping to find some means of crossing it, and it happened that as the sun rose the next morning he saw something of a dazzling whiteness moored out in the middle of the stream. **Who acts:** Prince, forest, it, sun · **What happens:** wonder, be, succeed, find, come, follow · **To what, where:** way, forest, wide river, some, something, dazzling whiteness · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, forest, it, sun), 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:pg7277:37:12 # text = After wandering about for several days until he was weary and hungry, he at last succeeded in finding a way out of the forest, and soon came to a wide and rapid river, which he followed, hoping to find some means of crossing it, and it happened that as the sun rose the next morning he saw something of a dazzling whiteness moored out in the middle of the stream. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 3 about about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 16 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 nsubj _ _ 17 succeeded succeed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 in in SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 rapid rapid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 35 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 43 obj _ _ 45 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 46 of of SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 crossing cross VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 54 as as SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl:unmarked _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ _ 63 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 62 obj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 dazzling dazzle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 67 amod _ _ 67 whiteness whiteness NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ _ 68 moored moor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 acl _ _ 69 out out ADP RP _ 68 compound:prt _ _ 70 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | day | about *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | weary *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **succeed** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **find** | gerund | | a way | | the forest | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | | 6 | **come** | past | the forest *not said here* | | | a wide river | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **follow** | past | Prince | a wide river | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 8 | **hope** | gerund | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | some | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Topic | | 10 | **mean** | present | Prince | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **cross** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | way | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 12 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **rise** | past | the sun | | | | morning | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **see** | past | Prince | something | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 15 | **dazzle** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 16 | **moor out** | participle | | a dazzling whiteness *not said here* | | the middle of the stream | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in middle=Destination | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/13/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)