--- title: The book says it is a place «where heroes could fitly feast after vi… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr.… · tree and pragmatics description: The book says it is a place «where heroes could fitly feast after victory, where weary harvesters could line up in scores along the table» (fitly = rightly) — and the plates «grinned at pots on the shelf», as if the room itself were smiling. Who acts: book, heroes, weary harvesters, plates. 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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 (book, heroes, weary harvesters, plates), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:037-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger.lesson:18 # text = The book says it is a place «where heroes could fitly feast after victory, where weary harvesters could line up in scores along the table» (fitly = rightly) — and the plates «grinned at pots on the shelf», as if the room itself were smiling. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 037-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:obj 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=13:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 10 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 fitly fitly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 feast feast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 18 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 harvesters harvester NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 line line VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 scores score NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 along along ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 » » PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 29 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 30 punct _ _ 30 fitly fitly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 31 = = PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 rightly rightly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 30 punct _ _ 34 — - PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 plates plate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 38 « « PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 39 grinned grin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 pots pot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 shelf shelf NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 » » PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 48 if if SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 51 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 50 nmod:unmarked _ _ 52 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the book | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | book | a place | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **feast** *in a quote* | could | heroes | | | | after victory | fitly *property* | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **line up** *in a quote* | could | weary harvesters | | | | | along the table; in scores | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in score=Theme | | 5 | **grin** *in a quote* | past | the plates | | | pots on the shelf | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **smile** | past · progressive | the room table | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:books:037-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger.lesson:18`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p…, 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger/17/) - next →: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p…, 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger/19/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger/)