--- title: ‘The current soon carried me out of hearing of her cries, and I drea… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘The current soon carried me out of hearing of her cries, and I dreamed to the song of the ripples and the whisper of the trees, until the boat suddenly stopped, and I found it was stuck fast beside a fresh green meadow, and that the sun was rising. Who acts: current, I, boat, sun. 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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 (current, I, boat, 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:pg7277:38:42 # text = ‘The current soon carried me out of hearing of her cries, and I dreamed to the song of the ripples and the whisper of the trees, until the boat suddenly stopped, and I found it was stuck fast beside a fresh green meadow, and that the sun was rising. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ripples ripple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 whisper whisper NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 until until SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 ccomp _ _ 42 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 43 beside beside ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | the current | me | | hearing of current's cries | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent i=Theme out hearing=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **dream** | past | I | | | | | to the song of the ripples and the whisper of the trees | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stop** | past | the boat | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **find** | past | I | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | boat | | | a fresh green meadow | | fast, stuck *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **rise** | past · progressive | the sun | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hear** | | current's cries | | | | | | nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **cry** | | current | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **sing** | | the ripples and the whisper of the trees | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **whisper** | | | the trees | | | | | nom whisper «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/43/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)