--- title: As they drew near the island they saw that it came from a golden lan… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As they drew near the island they saw that it came from a golden lantern hanging over the door of a hut, while sweet tinkling music proceeded from some bells attached to the golden horns of a goat which was feeding near the cottage. Who acts: brothers, island, golden lantern, tinkling music. 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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 (brothers, island, golden lantern, tinkling music), 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:pg3027:16:46 # text = As they drew near the island they saw that it came from a golden lantern hanging over the door of a hut, while sweet tinkling music proceeded from some bells attached to the golden horns of a goat which was feeding near the cottage. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 lantern lantern NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 over over ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 while while SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 tinkling tinkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 32 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 feeding feed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 near near ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | the island | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | past | island | | | a golden lantern | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from lantern=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **hang** | gerund | a golden lantern *not said here* | | | the door of a hut | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over door=Location | | 5 | **proceed** | past | tinkling music | | | some bells | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **attach** | participle | | some bells *not said here* | | | | to the golden horns of a goat | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to horn=Co-Patient | | 7 | **feed** | past · progressive | a goat | | | the cottage | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/47/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/)