--- title: It happened that when the king had opened the door behind him, Moti… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It happened that when the king had opened the door behind him, Moti noticed that there was a garden outside: without waiting for the king’s return he began to think what could be got out of the garden small enough to be shut in the box. Who acts: It, king, Moti, garden. 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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 (It, king, Moti, garden), 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:pg3454:15:69 # text = It happened that when the king had opened the door behind him, Moti noticed that there was a garden outside: without waiting for the king’s return he began to think what could be got out of the garden small enough to be shut in the box. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 behind behind ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 21 outside outside ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 without without SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 38 out out ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 43 enough enough ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 advcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **open** | past · perfect | the king | the door | | | | behind door | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent door=Theme behind he=Location | | 3 | **notice** | past | Moti | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | past | a garden | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wait** | gerund | | | | | | for the king's return | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **begin** | past | king | the king's return *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **get out** | could · passive | | the garden | | | | small *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **shut** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | the box | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | | 10 | **return** | | the king | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/70/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/)