--- title: But when to-morrow came there was no hill, and when the sultan opene… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when to-morrow came there was no hill, and when the sultan opened his eyes he could not imagine why the room was so much lighter than usual, and what was the reason of the sweet smell of flowers that filled the air. Who acts: sultan, room, sweet smell, flowers. 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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 (sultan, room, sweet smell, flowers), 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:pg3282:22:66 # text = But when to-morrow came there was no hill, and when the sultan opened his eyes he could not imagine why the room was so much lighter than usual, and what was the reason of the sweet smell of flowers that filled the air. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 csubj _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sultan sultan NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 23 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 much much ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 advcl:relcl _ _ 30 than than ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | morrow; there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to morrow=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is a** | past | | no hill | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **open** | past | the sultan | sultan's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 4 | **not** **imagine** | could | sultan | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **is** | past | the room | | | | | than usual; light *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | | the reason | | | | of the sweet smell of flowers | tree rules | | 7 | **fill** | past | the sweet smell of flowers | the air | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent air=Patient | | 8 | **smell** | | flowers | | | | | | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/67/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/)