--- title: The people came in great numbers to see the sailors, because they we… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The people came in great numbers to see the sailors, because they were of different colour to themselves, and treated them civilly; and, when they became better acquainted, were very eager to buy the fine things that the ship was loaded with. Who acts: people. 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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 (people), 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:pg7439:37:55 # text = The people came in great numbers to see the sailors, because they were of different colour to themselves, and treated them civilly; and, when they became better acquainted, were very eager to buy the fine things that the ship was loaded with. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 because because SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 treated treat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 civilly civilly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ _ 32 acquainted acquainted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the people | | | great numbers | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in number=Location | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | the sailors | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sailor=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | people | | people | | | of different colour | tree rules | | 4 | **treat** | past | the people *not said here* | people | | | | civilly *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 5 | **become** | past | people | | | | | acquainted *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | people *not said here* | | | | | eager *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **buy** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | the fine things | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 8 | **load** | past · passive | | the fine things | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/56/) - ↑ back to [Whittington and His Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/)