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title: Before he rose from the landlord’s arm-chair his plan was made, and… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Before he rose from the landlord’s arm-chair his plan was made, and Master Peter went home more joyful and full of hope than he had been for many a long day; but on the way he suddenly remembered that he was not yet possessed of the magic spring-root, and he stole into the house with a heavy heart, 
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16, sentence 34

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Before he rose from the landlord’s arm-chair his plan was made, and Master Peter went home more joyful and full of hope than he had been for many a long day; but on the way he suddenly remembered that he was not yet possessed of the magic spring-root, and he stole into the house with a heavy heart, and threw himself down upon his hard straw bed.

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**Who acts:** Peter, arm chair, Master · **What happens:** rise, make, go, be, remember, not possess · **To what, where:** arm chair, plan, way, Master, house, Peter

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, arm chair, Master), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2435:16:34
# text = Before he rose from the landlord’s arm-chair his plan was made, and Master Peter went home more joyful and full of hope than he had been for many a long day; but on the way he suddenly remembered that he was not yet possessed of the magic spring-root, and he stole into the house with a heavy heart, and threw himself down upon his hard straw bed.
1	Before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	advcl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	’s	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	Master	Master	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	flat	_	_
19	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
20	home	home	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
21	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	22	advmod	_	_
22	joyful	joyful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	conj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
27	than	than	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
29	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
30	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	35	cop	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
32	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	nsubj	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
37	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
38	on	on	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	remembered	remember	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
44	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
46	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux:pass	_	_
47	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	49	advmod	_	_
48	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	possessed	possess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	advcl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
52	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
53	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	53	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
58	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
59	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	parataxis	_	_
60	into	into	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
63	with	with	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
64	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
69	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	parataxis	_	_
70	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	69	obj	_	_
71	down	down	ADP	RP	_	69	compound:prt	_	_
72	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
73	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	76	nmod:poss	_	_
74	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
75	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	compound	_	_
76	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	43	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | Peter |  |  | the landlord's arm chair |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from chair=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **make** | past · passive | the landlord's arm chair *not said here* | Peter's plan |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 3 | **go** | past | Master |  |  |  |  | home, joyful *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past · perfect | Master |  |  |  | than a long day |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **remember** | past | Master |  |  | the way |  | suddenly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **not** **possess** | past · passive |  | Master |  |  | yet | of the magic spring root | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 7 | **steal** | past | Master |  |  | the house |  | with a heavy heart | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **throw down** | past |  | Peter |  | Peter's hard straw bed |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme upon bed=Destination |
| 9 | **plan** |  | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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