--- title: To the right and left of the waterfall opened out a wonderful grotto… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: To the right and left of the waterfall opened out a wonderful grotto, its walls and arches glittering with many-coloured rock-crystals, while in every niche were spread out strange fruits and sweetmeats, the very sight of which made the princess long to taste them. Who acts: right, walls, sight. 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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 (right, walls, sight), 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:pg3282:31:14 # text = To the right and left of the waterfall opened out a wonderful grotto, its walls and arches glittering with many-coloured rock-crystals, while in every niche were spread out strange fruits and sweetmeats, the very sight of which made the princess long to taste them. 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 waterfall waterfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 grotto grotto NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 arches arch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 19 glittering glitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 21 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 coloured coloured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 24 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 crystals crystal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 while while SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 niche niche NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 fruits fruit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 sweetmeats sweetmeat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | the right *not said here* | | | | | of the waterfall | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of waterfall=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **open out** | past | | a wonderful grotto and waterfall's walls and arches | the right | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent grotto=Patient to right=Recipient | | 3 | **glitter** | gerund | waterfall's walls and arches *not said here* | | | | | with many coloured rock crystals | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with crystal=Theme | | 4 | **spread out** | past · passive | | strange fruits and sweetmeats | | every niche | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: fruit=Theme in niche=Destination | | 5 | **make** | past | the sight | the princess | | | | long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset princess=Product | | 6 | **taste** | to-infinitive | the sight *not said here* | fruits *= fruit* | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme they=Attribute | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/15/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/)