--- title: He stood full of wonder and regret for having loosed the bundle--for… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He stood full of wonder and regret for having loosed the bundle--for it was not in his power to put it back again--and he would have wished this pretty place to be in the pretty little green hollow that was opposite his father's house; but he looked up and saw a great giant coming towards him. 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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 (lad, bundle, pretty little green hollow, great giant), 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:pg7885:31:46 # text = He stood full of wonder and regret for having loosed the bundle--for it was not in his power to put it back again--and he would have wished this pretty place to be in the pretty little green hollow that was opposite his father's house; but he looked up and saw a great giant coming towards him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 regret regret VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 aux _ _ 10 loosed loose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 back back ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 25 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux _ _ 31 wished wish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 33 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 39 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 hollow hollow NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 's 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 54 up up ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 60 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 59 acl _ _ 61 towards towards ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | lad | | | | | full *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **regret** | present | lad *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **loose** | gerund · perfect | lad *not said here* | the bundle | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bundle=Patient | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | bundle | | | | | for lad's power | tree rules | | 5 | **put back** | to-infinitive | lad *not said here* | bundle | | | again | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 6 | **wish** | would · perfect | lad | this pretty place | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot place=Theme | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | the pretty little green hollow | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | the pretty little green hollow | | | | | lad's father's house *obl*; opposite *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **look up** | past | lad | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **see** | past | lad *not said here* | a great giant | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer giant=Stimulus | | 11 | **come** | gerund | a great giant *not said here* | | | | | towards lad | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards he=Initial\_Location | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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/pg7885/31/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/47/) - ↑ back to [The Battle of the Birds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/)