--- title: For a long time they remained thus, but when Desiree saw by the way… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For a long time they remained thus, but when Desiree saw by the way that the light struck the trees, that he sun must be near its setting, she was filled with alarm lest the darkness should fall, and the prince should behold her in her human shape. Who acts: prince, Desiree, light, darkness. 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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 (prince, Desiree, light, darkness), 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:pg3027:24:48 # text = For a long time they remained thus, but when Desiree saw by the way that the light struck the trees, that he sun must be near its setting, she was filled with alarm lest the darkness should fall, and the prince should behold her in her human shape. 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 thus thus ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 Desiree Desiree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 25 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 flat _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 28 near near ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 setting setting NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past | prince | | | | time | thus *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Desiree | | | | | by the way | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **strike** | past | the light | the way | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent that=Patient tree=Result | | 4 | **is** | must | light | | | tree's setting | | | tree rules | | 5 | **fill** | past · passive | | Desiree | | | | with alarm | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with alarm=Instrument | | 6 | **fall** | should | the darkness | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **behold** | should | the prince | darkness | | darkness's human shape | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/49/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/)