--- title: A second time the air was filled with music, and the lady came in, s… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A second time the air was filled with music, and the lady came in, stepping softly, but though she laid his head on her knee, and combed his hair with a golden comb, his eyes opened not. Who acts: lady, eyes. 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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 (lady, eyes), 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:pg3454:16:109 # text = A second time the air was filled with music, and the lady came in, stepping softly, but though she laid his head on her knee, and combed his hair with a golden comb, his eyes opened not. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 in in ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 stepping step VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 softly softly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 though though SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 combed comb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | past · passive | | the air | | | time | with music | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with music=Instrument | | 2 | **come in** | past | the lady | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **step** | gerund | the lady *not said here* | | | | | softly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lay** | past | lady | robber's head | | lady's knee | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme on knee=Destination | | 5 | **comb** | past | | robber's hair | | | | with a golden comb | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 6 | **not** **open** | past | robber's eyes | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/110/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/)