--- title: They got up on the fence at the end of the garden to see better; and… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics description: They got up on the fence at the end of the garden to see better; and then they saw, very far away, where the edge of the dark world is, a shining line of straight, beautiful lights arranged in a row, as if they were the spears carried by a fairy army. Who acts: children, straight beautiful lights. 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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 (children, straight beautiful lights), 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:pg23661:7:38 # text = They got up on the fence at the end of the garden to see better; and then they saw, very far away, where the edge of the dark world is, a shining line of straight, beautiful lights arranged in a row, as if they were the spears carried by a fairy army. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 15 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 very very ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 24 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 amod _ _ 37 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 arranged arrange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 as as ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 49 if if SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 spears spear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 54 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | children *= child* | | | the fence | at the end of the garden | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on fence=Source | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **see** | past | children *= child* | | | | then | away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | present | | a shining line | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **arrange** | past | straight beautiful lights | a shining line *not said here* | | a row | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent line=Theme in row=Destination | | 7 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | children *= child* | | | | | as the spears | tree rules | | 8 | **carry** | participle | | the spears *not said here* | | | | by a fairy army | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: 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. **Text:** «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Project Gutenberg book 23661 (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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg23661/7/)