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title: But when the spring began, and the light grew longer, the hearts of… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: But when the spring began, and the light grew longer, the hearts of the villagers leapt at the sight of the sun, and a day was fixed for the boats to be brought out, and the great nets to be spread in the bays of some islands that lay a few miles to the north. Who acts: spring, light, hearts, island
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# The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 19, sentence 164

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But when the spring began, and the light grew longer, the hearts of the villagers leapt at the sight of the sun, and a day was fixed for the boats to be brought out, and the great nets to be spread in the bays of some islands that lay a few miles to the north.

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**Who acts:** spring, light, hearts, islands · **What happens:** begin, grow, leapt, fix, bring out, spread · **To what, where:** sight, day, great nets, bays, few miles, sun

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (spring, light, hearts, islands), 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:pg3282:19:164
# text = But when the spring began, and the light grew longer, the hearts of the villagers leapt at the sight of the sun, and a day was fixed for the boats to be brought out, and the great nets to be spread in the bays of some islands that lay a few miles to the north.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	leapt	leapt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj:pass	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux:pass	_	_
30	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	parataxis	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
35	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	aux:pass	_	_
36	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	conj	_	_
37	out	out	ADP	RP	_	36	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	nets	net	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nsubj:pass	_	_
43	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
44	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	aux:pass	_	_
45	spread	spread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	bays	bay	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	51	det	_	_
51	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	_
52	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	_
53	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	acl:relcl	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obj	_	_
57	to	to	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | the spring |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grow** | past | the light |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **leapt** | present | the hearts of the villagers |  |  | the sight of the sun |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fix** | past · passive |  | a day |  |  |  | for the boats | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for boat=Beneficiary |
| 5 | **bring out** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient» |
| 6 | **spread** | to-infinitive · passive |  | the great nets |  | the bays of some islands |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in bay=Destination |
| 7 | **lay** | present | some islands | a few miles |  |  |  | to the north | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mile=Result |
| 8 | **sight** |  |  | the sun |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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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