--- title: The next morning Muffette was put into a litter, and, guarded by the… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next morning Muffette was put into a litter, and, guarded by the giant and followed by the king and queen and the weeping maids of honour, they started for the foot of the mountain where the dragon had his castle. Who acts: tears, dragon. 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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 (tears, dragon), 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:pg3027:29:58 # text = The next morning Muffette was put into a litter, and, guarded by the giant and followed by the king and queen and the weeping maids of honour, they started for the foot of the mountain where the dragon had his castle. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 Muffette Muffette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 litter litter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 14 by by SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past · passive | | the next morning | | a litter | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 2 | **guard** | participle | | | | | | giant *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **follow** | participle | | | | | | by the king and queen and the weeping maids of honour | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by king=Location | | 4 | **start** | past | tears *= tear* | | | | | for the foot of the mountain | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **have** | past | the dragon | king's castle | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/)