--- title: Then he let fall the Bismillah from his lips, entered the garden and… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he let fall the Bismillah from his lips, entered the garden and walked through it till he came to the private part, delighting in the great trees, the lovely verdure, and the flowery borders. Who acts: prince, flowery borders. 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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 (prince, flowery borders), 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:pg3282:3:2 # text = Then he let fall the Bismillah from his lips, entered the garden and walked through it till he came to the private part, delighting in the great trees, the lovely verdure, and the flowery borders. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Bismillah Bismillah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 through through ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 till till SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 delighting delight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 verdure verdure NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 flowery flowery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 borders border NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | past | prince | the flowery borders | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | infinitive | the flowery borders *not said here* | the Bismillah | | prince's lips | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient bismillah=Extent from lip=Initial\_State | | 3 | **enter** | past | prince *not said here* | the garden | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme garden=Destination | | 4 | **walk** | past | prince *not said here* | | | garden | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through it=Trajectory | | 5 | **come** | past | prince | | | the private part | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to part=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **delight** | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | the great trees and the lovely verdure | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/3/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/)