--- title: In the distance I saw some little houses which seemed to be built in… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the distance I saw some little houses which seemed to be built in a most singular fashion, but as I was by this time very hungry I set out towards them, but before I had walked many steps, I saw that the air was full of shining objects which seemed to be fixed, and yet I could not see what they h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/43/) [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/pg7277/38/) / 43 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3, sentence 43 In the distance I saw some little houses which seemed to be built in a most singular fashion, but as I was by this time very hungry I set out towards them, but before I had walked many steps, I saw that the air was full of shining objects which seemed to be fixed, and yet I could not see what they hung from. **Who acts:** I, little houses, air, objects · **What happens:** see, seem, build, be, set out, walk · **To what, where:** little houses, many steps, objects · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, little houses, air, objects), 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:pg7277:38:43 # text = In the distance I saw some little houses which seemed to be built in a most singular fashion, but as I was by this time very hungry I set out towards them, but before I had walked many steps, I saw that the air was full of shining objects which seemed to be fixed, and yet I could not see what they hung from. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 xcomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 17 advmod _ _ 17 singular singular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 towards towards ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 36 before before SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 40 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 ccomp _ _ 50 of of SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 51 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 52 objects object NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 60 yet yet ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 62 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 64 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 65 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 64 obj _ _ 66 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 68 from from ADP IN _ 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | I | some little houses | | | | in the distance | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | | 2 | **seem** | past | some little houses | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **build** | to-infinitive · passive | some little houses *not said here* | | | | | in a singular fashion | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: in fashion=Attribute | | 4 | **is** | past | I | | | | by this time | | tree rules | | 5 | **set out** | past | I | | | | | towards houses *= house* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards they=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **walk** | past · perfect | I | many steps | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme step=Trajectory | | 7 | **see** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | the air | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **shine** | gerund | the air *not said here* | objects | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent object=Theme | | 10 | **seem** | past | objects | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 11 | **fix** | to-infinitive · passive | objects *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 12 | **not** **see** | could | I | | | | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 13 | **hang** | past | objects *= object* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/44/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)