--- title: It appeared but a few minutes ago that he had descended, passed alon… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It appeared but a few minutes ago that he had descended, passed along a few steps to the place where he had peeped beyond the veil, and returned again after perhaps five minutes of that wonderful view! Who acts: It, 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 (It, 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:pg3027:3:44 # text = It appeared but a few minutes ago that he had descended, passed along a few steps to the place where he had peeped beyond the veil, and returned again after perhaps five minutes of that wonderful view! 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 ago ago ADV RB _ 2 conj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 descended descend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 14 along along ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 peeped peep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 again again ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 after after ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 38 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | It | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **descend** | past · perfect | King | | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pass** | participle | King *not said here* | | | | | along a few steps to the place | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme along step=Location | | 4 | **peep** | past · perfect | King | | | | | beyond the veil | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent beyond veil=Theme | | 5 | **return** | past | | | | | again; minute | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/)