--- title: All the faces brightened at that, for, to tell the truth, they were… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All the faces brightened at that, for, to tell the truth, they were nearly as dull as their mistress; so the queen had her way, and two beautiful horses were brought from the stable to draw the little chariot. Who acts: faces, queen. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, par --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/25/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/) / 25 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 27, sentence 25 All the faces brightened at that, for, to tell the truth, they were nearly as dull as their mistress; so the queen had her way, and two beautiful horses were brought from the stable to draw the little chariot. **Who acts:** faces, queen · **What happens:** brighten, tell, be, have, bring, draw · **To what, where:** faces, truth, way, two beautiful horses, stable, little chariot · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (faces, queen), 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:pg3027:27:25 # text = All the faces brightened at that, for, to tell the truth, they were nearly as dull as their mistress; so the queen had her way, and two beautiful horses were brought from the stable to draw the little chariot. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 4 brightened brighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 33 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 draw draw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brighten** | participle | | all faces *not said here* | | all faces | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | all faces | the truth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | faces *= face* | | | | | as faces's mistress; dull, nearly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | the queen | queen's way | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 5 | **bring** | past · passive | | two beautiful horses | | the stable | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from stable=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **draw** | to-infinitive | | the little chariot | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chariot=Theme | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/)