--- title: At length the horrible creatures flew away; a sound like thunder was… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length the horrible creatures flew away; a sound like thunder was heard, the palace and the monsters vanished, while, at the same moment--no one knew how-- the king found himself standing with his wife and daughter in the hall of his own home. Who acts: horrible creatures, monsters, one, king. 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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 (horrible creatures, monsters, one, king), 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:pg3027:29:31 # text = At length the horrible creatures flew away; a sound like thunder was heard, the palace and the monsters vanished, while, at the same moment--no one knew how-- the king found himself standing with his wife and daughter in the hall of his own home. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 monsters monster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 while while SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ _ 39 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 xcomp _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly away** | past | the horrible creatures | | | length | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at length=Location | | 2 | **hear** | past · passive | | a sound like thunder | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **vanish** | past | the monsters | | | | moment | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **know** | past | no one | the same moment *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer moment=Stimulus | | 5 | **find** | past | the king | king | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | the hall of king's own home | | with king's wife and daughter | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/)