--- title: The journey took many weary months, but at last they were only three… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: The journey took many weary months, but at last they were only three days sail off and the king and betrothed, as happy as possible, together were walking up and down the deck, hand in hand. Who acts: journey, eyes, last three days. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. 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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 (journey, eyes, last three days), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg76982:11:39 # text = The journey took many weary months, but at last they were only three days sail off and the king and betrothed, as happy as possible, together were walking up and down the deck, hand in hand. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sail sail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 off off ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 betrothed betroth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 together together ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 32 up up ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 down down ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the journey | | | | month | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | eyes *= eye* | last three days | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sail off** | present | last three days | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **betroth** | participle | last three days *not said here* | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **walk up** | past · progressive | the journey *not said here* | | | | | the deck *conj*; together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Project Gutenberg book 76982 (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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/40/) - ↑ back to [The Eighth Key.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/)