--- title: Then she asked where he had been wandering so long, and he told her… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she asked where he had been wandering so long, and he told her how he had lost his way and might never have reached home at all but for a strange creature, half-man, half-hedgehog, which rode a cock and sat up in a tree making lovely music, and which had shown him the right way. Who acts: daugh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/44/) [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/) / [Jack My Hedgehog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/) / 44 # The Green Fairy Book, Jack My Hedgehog, sentence 44 Then she asked where he had been wandering so long, and he told her how he had lost his way and might never have reached home at all but for a strange creature, half-man, half-hedgehog, which rode a cock and sat up in a tree making lovely music, and which had shown him the right way. **Who acts:** daughter, Jack, half hedgehog · **What happens:** ask, wonder, tell, lose, not reach, ride · **To what, where:** daughter, way, all, cock, tree, lovely music · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Jack My Hedgehog. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, Jack, half hedgehog), 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:pg7277:48:44 # text = Then she asked where he had been wandering so long, and he told her how he had lost his way and might never have reached home at all but for a strange creature, half-man, half-hedgehog, which rode a cock and sat up in a tree making lovely music, and which had shown him the right way. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux _ _ 8 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux _ _ 26 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 obl _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 hedgehog hedgehog NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 50 up up ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 55 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 60 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | daughter | | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · perfect · progressive | Jack | | | | | long *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Jack | | daughter | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **lose** | past · perfect | Jack | Jack's way | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **reach** | might · perfect | Jack *not said here* | | | all | | home *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **ride** | past | half hedgehog | a cock | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Theme | | 7 | **sit up** | past | half hedgehog *not said here* | | | a tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location | | 8 | **make** | gerund | half hedgehog *not said here* | lovely music | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset music=Product | | 9 | **show** | past · perfect | | | Jack | | | the right way *obl:unmarked* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/45/) - ↑ back to [Jack My Hedgehog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/)