--- title: He did not stand long till he returned back, and he thinking in his… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He did not stand long till he returned back, and he thinking in his own mind on all he saw and heard, and wondering whether there was really an herb at his own door that would bring back the talk to the king's daughter. " Who acts: herb, wondering. 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" **Who acts:** herb, wondering · **What happens:** not stand, return back, think, see, hear, wonder · **To what, where:** own mind, herb, own door, talk, daughter This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (herb, wondering), 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:pg7885:6:23 # text = He did not stand long till he returned back, and he thinking in his own mind on all he saw and heard, and wondering whether there was really an herb at his own door that would bring back the talk to the king's daughter. " 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 till till SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 nmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 wondering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 csubj _ _ 27 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 really really ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 40 back back ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 's 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stand** | past · do-support | herb | | | | | long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **return back** | past | herb | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | herb | | | herb's own mind on all | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | past | herb | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **hear** | past | herb *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | wondering | a herb | | herb's own door | | | tree rules | | 8 | **bring back** | would | a herb | the talk | the king's daughter | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent talk=Theme to daughter=Destination | | 9 | **mind** | | herb | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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:** «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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/24/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/)