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title: But an idea came to her, and she arose early, before the sun was up,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: But an idea came to her, and she arose early, before the sun was up, and set off for the home of the Black Rogue, or Gallows Bird, who was such a wonderful thief that, though all had been robbed by him, no one could catch him. Who acts: idea, sun, Gallows Bird, one. A sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Bo
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1, sentence 95

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But an idea came to her, and she arose early, before the sun was up, and set off for the home of the Black Rogue, or Gallows Bird, who was such a wonderful thief that, though all had been robbed by him, no one could catch him.

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**Who acts:** idea, sun, Gallows Bird, one · **What happens:** come, arise, be up, set off, be, rob · **To what, where:** sleep, wonderful thief, all, sun

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (idea, sun, Gallows Bird, one), 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:pg3454:1:95
# text = But an idea came to her, and she arose early, before the sun was up, and set off for the home of the Black Rogue, or Gallows Bird, who was such a wonderful thief that, though all had been robbed by him, no one could catch him.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	arose	arise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
21	off	off	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	Rogue	Rogue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	Gallows	Gallows	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	32	compound	_	_
32	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
34	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
36	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	39	det:predet	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	appos	_	_
40	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
42	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
43	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	46	nsubj:pass	_	_
44	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
45	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	robbed	rob	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	acl:relcl	_	_
47	by	by	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	51	det	_	_
51	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
52	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
54	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a idea |  | sleep |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **arise** | past | idea |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **be up** | past | the sun |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **set off** | past | a idea *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the home of the Black Rogue | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | past | Gallows Bird | such wonderful thief |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **rob** | past · perfect · passive | sun | all |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **catch** | could | no one | sun |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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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