--- title: At the very first note of that tune the shoes began shaking upon the… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At the very first note of that tune the shoes began shaking upon the feet of all how heard it--old or young, it mattered not--just as if the shoes had the ague; then the feet began going, going, going from under them, and at last up and away with them, dancing like mad, whisking here, there, and eve --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/) / 7 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18, sentence 7 At the very first note of that tune the shoes began shaking upon the feet of all how heard it--old or young, it mattered not--just as if the shoes had the ague; then the feet began going, going, going from under them, and at last up and away with them, dancing like mad, whisking here, there, and everywhere, like a straw in a storm--there was no halting while the music lasted. **Who acts:** shoes, it, feet, halting, music · **What happens:** begin, shake, hear, not matter, have, go · **To what, where:** first note, feet, Tune, ague This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (shoes, it, feet, halting), 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:pg3454:18:7 # text = At the very first note of that tune the shoes began shaking upon the feet of all how heard it--old or young, it mattered not--just as if the shoes had the ague; then the feet began going, going, going from under them, and at last up and away with them, dancing like mad, whisking here, there, and everywhere, like a straw in a storm--there was no halting while the music lasted. 1 At at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 shaking shake VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 nmod _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 19 heard hear VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 parataxis _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 mattered matter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 just just ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ague ague NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 43 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 conj _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 under under ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 55 up up ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 away away ADV RB _ 55 conj _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 61 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 62 like like ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 65 whisking whisk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 conj _ _ 66 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 65 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 65 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 73 like like ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 76 in in ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 -- -- PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 81 expl _ _ 81 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 87 parataxis _ _ 82 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 83 det _ _ 83 halting halting NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 nsubj _ _ 84 while while SCONJ IN _ 87 mark _ _ 85 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 86 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 nsubj _ _ 87 lasted last VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the shoes | | | the first note of that tune | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **shake** | gerund | the shoes *not said here* | | | the feet of all | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon foot=Location | | 3 | **hear** | past | the shoes *not said here* | Tune | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **matter** | past | it | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the shoes | the ague | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ague=Patient | | 6 | **begin** | past | the feet | | | | then | like a straw in a storm; everywhere *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **go** | gerund | the feet *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go** | gerund | the feet *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **go** | gerund | the feet *not said here* | | | | | from feet *= foot* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from they=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **dance** | gerund | the feet *not said here* | | | | | like mad | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **whisk** | gerund | the feet *not said here* | | | here; there | | | vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 12 | **be** | past | no halting | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **last** | past | the music | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 14 | **note** | | | that tune | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/8/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/)