--- title: “The chest which stood at the foot of the bed” proved full of gold a… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “The chest which stood at the foot of the bed” proved full of gold and precious stones; and “what was under the side of the cave” he found to be a great ship, with oars and sails that went of itself as well on land as in the water. Who acts: chest, thing, that. 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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 (chest, thing, that), 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:pg2435:22:74 # text = “The chest which stood at the foot of the bed” proved full of gold and precious stones; and “what was under the side of the cave” he found to be a great ship, with oars and sails that went of itself as well on land as in the water. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 13 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 under under ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 oars oar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 appos _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obl _ _ 48 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 51 cc _ _ 49 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 fixed _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 52 as as ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** *in a quote* | past | the chest | | | the foot of the bed | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at foot=Location | | 2 | **prove** | past | the chest | | | | | full *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | the side | | | tree rules | | 4 | **find** | past | thing | the side *not said here* | | | | of the cave | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Topic | | 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a great ship and sails | | | | with oars | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | past | that | | | | | of bed; as the water | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of itself=Initial\_Location | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/75/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/)