--- title: In the morning the first thing they both did was to run to the cupbo… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the morning the first thing they both did was to run to the cupboard and unlock it, but when the door opened they started back, for, instead of the ball, there stood a handsome young man. Who acts: girls, first thing, door. 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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 (girls, first thing, door), 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:pg3282:29:41 # text = In the morning the first thing they both did was to run to the cupboard and unlock it, but when the door opened they started back, for, instead of the ball, there stood a handsome young man. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 9 nsubj _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 unlock unlock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 27 back back ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 34 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 37 expl _ _ 37 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | girls *= girl* | the first thing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 2 | **run** | past | the first thing | | | the cupboard | morning | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to cupboard=Destination | | 3 | **unlock** | infinitive | the first thing *not said here* | thing | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **open** | past | the door | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **start back** | past | girls *= girl* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **stand** | past | | a handsome young man | | there | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/42/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/)