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title: Then the white men fell upon the people of Gopani-Kufa and slew them… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Then the white men fell upon the people of Gopani-Kufa and slew them together with the chief and his daughter Shasasa; and since then all the power of the Earth has rested in the hands of the white men, for they have in their possession Sipao, the Magic Mirror. Who acts: white men, people. A sentenc
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# The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 3, sentence 19

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Then the white men fell upon the people of Gopani-Kufa and slew them together with the chief and his daughter Shasasa; and since then all the power of the Earth has rested in the hands of the white men, for they have in their possession Sipao, the Magic Mirror.

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**Who acts:** white men, people · **What happens:** fall, slay, rest, have, possess · **To what, where:** people, power, hands, possession

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This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (white men, people), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3027:3:19
# text = Then the white men fell upon the people of Gopani-Kufa and slew them together with the chief and his daughter Shasasa; and since then all the power of the Earth has rested in the hands of the white men, for they have in their possession Sipao, the Magic Mirror.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Gopani	Gopani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Kufa	Kufa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	slew	slay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	together	together	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
23	Shasasa	Shasasa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
26	since	since	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	35	obl	_	_
28	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	30	det:predet	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj:pass	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
34	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	rested	rest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
45	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
46	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
50	Sipao	Sipao	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	Magic	Magic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	_
54	Mirror	Mirror	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the white men |  |  |  | then | upon the people of Gopani and Kufa | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon people=Location |
| 2 | **slay** | past | the white men *not said here* | people |  |  |  | with the chief and man's daughter; together *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with chief=Instrument |
| 3 | **rest** | present · perfect · passive |  | all power of the Earth |  | the hands of the white men |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme in hand=Location |
| 4 | **have** | present | people |  |  | people's possession |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **possess** |  | people |  |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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