--- title: The door was opened and he entered, but paused when he beheld an old… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The door was opened and he entered, but paused when he beheld an old man lying on a bench by the fire, while seated opposite him was a maiden combing out the locks of her golden hair with a comb of silver. Who acts: blessing, old man, maiden. 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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 (blessing, old man, maiden), 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:pg3027:29:108 # text = The door was opened and he entered, but paused when he beheld an old man lying on a bench by the fire, while seated opposite him was a maiden combing out the locks of her golden hair with a comb of silver. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 paused pause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 27 opposite opposite ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 32 combing comb VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past · passive | | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **enter** | past | blessing | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pause** | past | | | | | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **behold** | past | blessing | a old man | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 5 | **lie** | gerund | a old man *not said here* | | | a bench | | by the fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bench=Location | | 6 | **seat** | participle | blessing *not said here* | | | | | opposite blessing | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 7 | **be** | past | a maiden | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **comb out** | gerund | a maiden *not said here* | the locks of maiden's golden hair with a comb of silver | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/107/) - next →: [Opening, part 30, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/30/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/)