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title: It happened that on the very day Peter had chosen for setting out, L… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: It happened that on the very day Peter had chosen for setting out, Lucia and her mother went off early to the town, leaving him to guard the house; but in spite of that he was on the point of taking his departure when it occurred to him that it might be as well first to test the much-vaunted powers 
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 16, sentence 61

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It happened that on the very day Peter had chosen for setting out, Lucia and her mother went off early to the town, leaving him to guard the house; but in spite of that he was on the point of taking his departure when it occurred to him that it might be as well first to test the much-vaunted powers of the magic root for himself.

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**Who acts:** It, Peter, Lucia, departure · **What happens:** happen, choose, set out, go off, leave, guard · **To what, where:** Peter, house, departure, vaunted powers

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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 (It, Peter, Lucia, departure), 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:pg2435:16:61
# text = It happened that on the very day Peter had chosen for setting out, Lucia and her mother went off early to the town, leaving him to guard the house; but in spite of that he was on the point of taking his departure when it occurred to him that it might be as well first to test the much-vaunted powers of the magic root for himself.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
8	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	setting	set	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Lucia	Lucia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
19	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
20	off	off	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
21	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	guard	guard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
33	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	2	conj	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	spite	spite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
37	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
39	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
40	on	on	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
43	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
44	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	42	nmod	_	_
45	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
47	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	49	advmod	_	_
48	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	occurred	occur	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	advcl	_	_
50	to	to	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obl	_	_
52	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
53	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
54	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
55	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	cop	_	_
56	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	58	cc	_	_
57	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	56	fixed	_	_
58	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	49	advmod	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	60	mark	_	_
60	test	test	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	acl	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
62	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	vaunted	vaunted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obj	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	_
70	for	for	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **choose** | past · perfect | Peter |  |  |  | day |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **set out** | gerund | Peter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **go off** | past | Lucia and Lucia's mother |  |  |  |  | to the town; early *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **leave** | gerund | Lucia and Lucia's mother *not said here* | Peter |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 6 | **guard** | to-infinitive | Lucia and Lucia's mother *not said here* | the house |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Beneficiary |
| 7 | **is** | past | Peter |  |  |  |  | of the point | tree rules |
| 8 | **take** | gerund |  | Peter's departure |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent departure=Theme |
| 9 | **occur** | past | departure |  | Peter |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **is** | might | departure |  |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **test** | to-infinitive |  | the vaunted powers of the magic root for Peter |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme |
| 12 | **depart** |  | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: 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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