--- title: We were living peacefully in our golden palace, as is our custom, wh… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: We were living peacefully in our golden palace, as is our custom, when upon a sudden the Palace disappeared, and we were left sitting in a thick and noisome darkness; and it thundered, and Djinns and Afrits moved about in the darkness! Who acts: We, marble, Djinns. 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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 (We, marble, Djinns), 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:pg2781:13:135 # text = We were living peacefully in our golden palace, as is our custom, when upon a sudden the Palace disappeared, and we were left sitting in a thick and noisome darkness; and it thundered, and Djinns and Afrits moved about in the darkness! 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 peacefully peacefully ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Palace Palace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 21 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 27 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 noisome noisome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 33 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 thundered thunder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 Djinns djinn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 Afrits afrit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ _ 43 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 about about ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past · progressive | We | | | our golden palace | | peacefully *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | as our custom | tree rules | | 3 | **disappear** | past | | | | | | upon a sudden Palace | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | past · passive | | we | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sit** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | a thick darkness | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in darkness=Location | | 6 | **thunder** | past | marble | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **move** | past | Djinns and Afrits | | | | | about the darkness | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme about darkness=Trajectory | 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:** «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 2781 (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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/136/) - ↑ back to [The Butterfly That Stamped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/)