--- title: It always happens that if a person’s eyes are once opened they see a… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It always happens that if a person’s eyes are once opened they see a great deal more than they ever expected; and soon it struck the king that the members of his court had a way of disappearing one after the other without any reason. Who acts: It, eyes, deal, members. 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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 (It, eyes, deal, members), 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:pg2435:23:22 # text = It always happens that if a person’s eyes are once opened they see a great deal more than they ever expected; and soon it struck the king that the members of his court had a way of disappearing one after the other without any reason. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 12 advmod _ _ 12 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ _ 19 than than SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 22 advmod _ _ 22 expected expect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 disappearing disappear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 obj _ _ 42 after after ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 nmod _ _ 45 without without ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 47 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | It | | | | | always *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **open** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | a person's eyes | | | | once *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **see** | present | eyes *= eye* | a great deal | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deal=Stimulus | | 4 | **expect** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | ever | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **strike** | past | deal | the king | | | | soon *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent king=Instrument | | 6 | **have** | past | the members of king's court | a way | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 7 | **disappear** | gerund | a way *not said here* | one | | | after the other | without any reason | tree rules | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/23/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/)