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title: They swam with her quickly by strange underground ways to a palace s… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: They swam with her quickly by strange underground ways to a palace so splendid that her father’s seemed but a poor cottage in comparison with it, and when she recovered from her astonishment she found herself seated upon a couch, wrapped in a wonderful robe of satin fastened with a silken girdle, wh
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# The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 30

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They swam with her quickly by strange underground ways to a palace so splendid that her father’s seemed but a poor cottage in comparison with it, and when she recovered from her astonishment she found herself seated upon a couch, wrapped in a wonderful robe of satin fastened with a silken girdle, while beside her knelt a young man who whispered the sweetest speeches imaginable in her ear.

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**Who acts:** nymphs, father, princess, young man · **What happens:** swim, seem, recover, find, seat, wrap · **To what, where:** astonishment, princess, wonderful robe, satin, young man, sweetest speeches

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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 (nymphs, father, princess, young man), 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:pg3282:31:30
# text = They swam with her quickly by strange underground ways to a palace so splendid that her father’s seemed but a poor cottage in comparison with it, and when she recovered from her astonishment she found herself seated upon a couch, wrapped in a wonderful robe of satin fastened with a silken girdle, while beside her knelt a young man who whispered the sweetest speeches imaginable in her ear.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	underground	underground	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	’s	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
30	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	32	advmod	_	_
31	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	recovered	recover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	advcl	_	_
33	from	from	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	astonishment	astonishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
36	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
38	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	37	obj	_	_
39	seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	xcomp	_	_
40	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	couch	couch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	conj	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	satin	satin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
51	fastened	fasten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	acl	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	girdle	girdle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
57	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
58	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	obl	_	_
60	knelt	kneel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	advcl	_	_
61	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obj	_	_
64	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	65	nsubj	_	_
65	whispered	whisper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	acl:relcl	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
67	sweetest	sweet	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	68	amod	_	_
68	speeches	speech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	obj	_	_
69	imaginable	imaginable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
70	in	in	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	72	nmod:poss	_	_
72	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | past | nymphs *= nymph* |  |  |  |  | with princess; by strange underground ways to a palace but a poor cottage in comparison with palace; quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by way=Trajectory |
| 2 | **seem** | past | princess's father |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **recover** | past | princess |  |  | princess's astonishment |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from astonishment=Source |
| 4 | **find** | past | princess | princess |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent herself=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 5 | **seat** | participle | princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon a couch | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
| 6 | **wrap** | participle | princess *not said here* |  |  | a wonderful robe of satin |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in robe=Destination |
| 7 | **fasten** | participle |  | satin *not said here* |  |  |  | with a silken girdle | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with girdle=Co-Patient |
| 8 | **kneel** | past | princess *not said here* | a young man |  |  |  | beside princess | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic |
| 9 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | a young man | the sweetest speeches |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Topic |
| 10 | **astonish** |  | princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom astonishment «feeling transitive»: poss=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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