--- title: Suddenly he beheld in the moonlight a form with a wreath of roses on… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Suddenly he beheld in the moonlight a form with a wreath of roses on her head rise out of the sea below him and step on to the sands, holding out her arms as she did so towards the palace. Who acts: length, she. 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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 (length, she), 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:pg3027:13:5 # text = Suddenly he beheld in the moonlight a form with a wreath of roses on her head rise out of the sea below him and step on to the sands, holding out her arms as she did so towards the palace. 1 Suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 rise rise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 below below ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 step step VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 on on ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sands sand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 towards towards ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | past | length | a form | | the moonlight | | suddenly *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer form=Stimulus | | 2 | **rise** | infinitive | | | | the sea below length | | with a wreath of roses | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out sea=Location | | 3 | **step on** | infinitive | | | | the sands | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to sand=Destination | | 4 | **hold out** | gerund | | her arms | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 5 | **do** | past | she | | | | | towards the palace | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/)