--- title: When Jenik heard the wheels of the carriage, he rubbed his watch and… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When Jenik heard the wheels of the carriage, he rubbed his watch and wished for a still more beautiful house, four stories high, and hung with gold, silver, and damask; filled with wonderful tables, covered with dishes such as no king had ever eaten before. Who acts: Jenik. 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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 (Jenik), 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:pg7277:8:46 # text = When Jenik heard the wheels of the carriage, he rubbed his watch and wished for a still more beautiful house, four stories high, and hung with gold, silver, and damask; filled with wonderful tables, covered with dishes such as no king had ever eaten before. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Jenik Jenik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 still still ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 20 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 damask damask NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 37 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 45 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 48 case _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 45 fixed _ _ 47 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 48 det _ _ 48 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 51 advmod _ _ 51 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 acl:relcl _ _ 52 before before ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Jenik | the wheels of the carriage | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer wheel=Stimulus | | 2 | **rub** | past | Jenik | Jenik's watch | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent watch=Theme | | 3 | **wish** | past | Jenik *not said here* | | | | | for a beautiful house | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for house=Theme | | 4 | **hang** | participle | Jenik *not said here* | damask | | | | with gold and silver | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fill** | participle | Jenik *not said here* | | | | | with wonderful tables | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with table=Instrument | | 6 | **cover** | participle | | wonderful tables *not said here* | | | | with dishes | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with dish=Theme | | 7 | **eat** | past · perfect | | dishes *not said here* | | | ever | such no king; before *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/47/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)