--- title: So Seven Inches vanished; and when the carriage door was opened in t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So Seven Inches vanished; and when the carriage door was opened in the yard, out walks the prince as fine as hands could make him, and the first thing he did was to run over to his bride and embrace her. Who acts: Seven Inches, hands, thing, first thing. 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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 (Seven Inches, hands, thing, first thing), 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:pg3454:11:118 # text = So Seven Inches vanished; and when the carriage door was opened in the yard, out walks the prince as fine as hands could make him, and the first thing he did was to run over to his bride and embrace her. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 Inches inch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 out out ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 32 amod _ _ 32 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 38 over over ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 embrace embrace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vanish** | past | Seven Inches | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **open** | past · passive | | the carriage door | | | | in the yard | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme in yard=Location | | 3 | **walk** | present | | the prince | | | | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Agent | | 4 | **make** | could | hands | prince | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 5 | **do** | past | thing | the first thing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 6 | **run over** | past | the first thing | | | | | to thing's bride *result*; over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to bride=Result | | 7 | **embrace** | infinitive | the first thing *not said here* | bride | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/117/) - next →: [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 12, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/1/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/)