--- title: In a few moments more she had landed, and desired to be shown the wa… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In a few moments more she had landed, and desired to be shown the way to the cottage which her bridegroom had so often described to her; and whither he had been led back by the king’s order at the first sign of the ship. Who acts: whisper, bridegroom, cottage, order. 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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 (whisper, bridegroom, cottage, order), 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:pg3282:23:85 # text = In a few moments more she had landed, and desired to be shown the way to the cottage which her bridegroom had so often described to her; and whither he had been led back by the king’s order at the first sign of the ship. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 landed land VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 often often ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 xcomp _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 45 amod _ _ 45 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **land** | past · perfect | whisper | | | | moment | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **desire** | participle | whisper *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | whisper *not said here* | the way | the cottage | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: way=Topic to cottage=Recipient | | 4 | **have** | past | whisper's bridegroom | the cottage | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **describe** | participle | the cottage *not said here* | | whisper | | | often *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent to she=be' | | 6 | **lead back** | past · perfect · passive | the king's order | bridegroom | | the first sign of the ship | | whither *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme at sign=Destination | | 7 | **order** | | the king | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **sign** | | | the ship | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/86/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/)