--- title: There he stood thinking and wondering what he could do, when all of… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There he stood thinking and wondering what he could do, when all of a sudden he saw three fishes swimming along, and recognised them as the very same whose lives he had saved. Who acts: youth, all, three fishes. 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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 (youth, all, three fishes), 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:pg7277:50:45 # text = There he stood thinking and wondering what he could do, when all of a sudden he saw three fishes swimming along, and recognised them as the very same whose lives he had saved. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wondering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 conj _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 fishes fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 swimming swim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 along along ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | youth | | | there | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | youth *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | youth *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** | could | youth | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 5 | **see** | past | all | three fishes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fish=Stimulus | | 6 | **swim** | gerund | three fishes *not said here* | | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **recognise** | past | youth *not said here* | fishes *= fish* | | | | as the same lives | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus as life=Attribute | | 8 | **save** | past · perfect | youth | the same lives *not said here* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/50/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/50/46/) - ↑ back to [The White Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/50/)