--- title: However, after a very long time, he did see land, and his impatience… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, after a very long time, he did see land, and his impatience to be on shore was so great that he at once flung himself over the ship’s side that he might reach it sooner by swimming. Who acts: Prince. 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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 (Prince), 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:pg7277:37:24 # text = However, after a very long time, he did see land, and his impatience to be on shore was so great that he at once flung himself over the ship’s side that he might reach it sooner by swimming. 1 However however ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 impatience impatience NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 acl _ _ 24 that that ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 at at SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 28 advmod _ _ 28 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 over over ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ _ 41 by by SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · do-support | Prince | land | | | time | Prince's impatience *obl*; however *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | shore | | that Prince; great *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fling** | past | Prince *not said here* | Prince | | the ship's side | | once *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme over side=Destination | | 4 | **reach** | might | Prince | land | | | | soon *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **swim** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/25/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)