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title: In a tiny bay, on the opposite side of the island they found the ver… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 50

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In a tiny bay, on the opposite side of the island they found the very thing, which seemed to have been made on purpose for them; and as they were tired with their long walk, they laid themselves down on a bank of moss among some birches and prepared to have a good night’s rest, so as to be fresh for work next day.

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**Who acts:** islands, thing · **What happens:** find, seem, make, be, lay down, have · **To what, where:** thing, purpose, islands, tiny bay, rest

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (islands, thing), 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:pg3282:20:50
# text = In a tiny bay, on the opposite side of the island they found the very thing, which seemed to have been made on purpose for them; and as they were tired with their long walk, they laid themselves down on a bank of moss among some birches and prepared to have a good night’s rest, so as to be fresh for work next day.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bay	bay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	very	very	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
20	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
22	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	aux	_	_
23	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	xcomp	_	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
31	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
32	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
34	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	advcl	_	_
35	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
37	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
40	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
42	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	41	obj	_	_
43	down	down	ADP	RP	_	41	compound:prt	_	_
44	on	on	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
49	among	among	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	51	det	_	_
51	birches	birch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	prepared	prepared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	conj	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	xcomp	_	_
56	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	’s	's	PART	POS	_	58	case	_	_
60	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
62	so	so	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
63	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	66	mark	_	_
64	to	to	PART	TO	_	66	mark	_	_
65	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	cop	_	_
66	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	parataxis	_	_
67	for	for	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl	_	_
69	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	70	amod	_	_
70	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	41	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | islands *= island* | the thing |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |
| 2 | **seem** | past | the thing |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive · perfect · passive | the thing *not said here* |  |  | purpose |  | for islands *= island* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: for they=Asset |
| 4 | **is** | past | islands *= island* |  |  |  |  | with islands's long walk; tired *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **lay down** | past | islands *= island* | islands *= island* |  | a tiny bay on the opposite side of the island |  | on a bank of moss; among some birches | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in bay=Destination |
| 6 | **have** | to-infinitive | islands *= island* *not said here* | a good night's rest |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient |
| 7 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | day | for work; fresh *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **walk** |  | islands *= island* |  |  |  |  |  | nom walk «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 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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