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title: Stepping out of his hiding-place he stood in the midst of the little… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Stepping out of his hiding-place he stood in the midst of the little lawn, weaving his magic spells, till slowly all about him changed, and when the maidens returned at noon to their favourite resting-place they stood lost in amazement, and almost fancied that they must be dreaming. Who acts: Master
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# The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 11

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Stepping out of his hiding-place he stood in the midst of the little lawn, weaving his magic spells, till slowly all about him changed, and when the maidens returned at noon to their favourite resting-place they stood lost in amazement, and almost fancied that they must be dreaming.

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**Who acts:** Master, Stepping, maidens, flowers · **What happens:** step out, stand, weave, spell, change, return · **To what, where:** hiding place, midst, magic, flowers, amazement

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Master, Stepping, maidens, flowers), 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:pg3282:31:11
# text = Stepping out of his hiding-place he stood in the midst of the little lawn, weaving his magic spells, till slowly all about him changed, and when the maidens returned at noon to their favourite resting-place they stood lost in amazement, and almost fancied that they must be dreaming.
1	Stepping	step	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	csubj	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hiding	hiding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	weaving	weave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	spells	spell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
23	till	till	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	21	obl	_	_
25	all	all	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
26	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
31	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	34	advmod	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nsubj	_	_
34	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
35	at	at	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
38	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
39	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
40	resting	resting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
43	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
44	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux:pass	_	_
45	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	acl:relcl	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	amazement	amazement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
50	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
52	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
53	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
54	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
55	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	aux	_	_
56	dreaming	dream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	51	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step out** | gerund |  | Master's hiding place |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location place=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | past | Master | Master's hiding place *not said here* |  | the midst of the little lawn |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent place=Theme in midst=Destination |
| 3 | **weave** | gerund |  | Master's magic |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Product |
| 4 | **spell** | present | Stepping |  |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **change** | past | Master |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **return** | past | the maidens |  |  |  | noon | to flowers's favourite resting place *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result |
| 7 | **lose** | past · passive |  | flowers *= flower* |  | amazement |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 8 | **fancy** | past | Master *not said here* |  |  |  |  | almost *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **dream** | must · progressive | flowers *= flower* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=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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