--- title: The two bridegrooms came in as proud and grand as you please, and up… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The two bridegrooms came in as proud and grand as you please, and up they were walking to the altar rails, when the boards opened two yards wide under their feet, and down they went among the dead men and the coffins in the vaults. Who acts: two bridegrooms, crowns, boards. 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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 (two bridegrooms, crowns, boards), 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:pg3454:11:66 # text = The two bridegrooms came in as proud and grand as you please, and up they were walking to the altar rails, when the boards opened two yards wide under their feet, and down they went among the dead men and the coffins in the vaults. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 bridegrooms bridegroom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 please please INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 up up ADP IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 rails rail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 boards board NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 wide wide ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 31 under under ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 down down ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 among among ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 coffins coffin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 vaults vault NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** | past | the two bridegrooms | | | | | as proud | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | past · progressive | crowns *= crown* | | | the altar rails | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to rail=Destination | | 3 | **open** | past | the boards | | | crowns's feet | | wide *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under foot=Location | | 4 | **go** | past | crowns *= crown* | | | the vaults | | among the dead men and the coffins; down *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme among man=Location | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/67/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/)