--- title: One morning, however, as she was staggering along with her bundle on… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One morning, however, as she was staggering along with her bundle on her back, she thought that the river which flowed past their hut looked so cool and inviting that she determined to bathe in it, instead of taking her usual nap. Who acts: third, river. 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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 (third, river), 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:pg3454:22:67 # text = One morning, however, as she was staggering along with her bundle on her back, she thought that the river which flowed past their hut looked so cool and inviting that she determined to bathe in it, instead of taking her usual nap. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 staggering stagger VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 10 along along ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 past past ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 inviting invite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 bathe bathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 43 mark _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 nap nap NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stagger** | past · progressive | third | | | third's back | | with third's bundle; along *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | third | | | | morning | however *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **flow** | past | the river | | | | | past sticks's hut | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **look** | past | the river | | | | | cool *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **invite** | gerund | the river *not said here* | | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **determine** | past | third | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **bathe** | to-infinitive | third *not said here* | | | | | in river | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in it=Theme | | 8 | **take** | gerund | third *not said here* | third's usual nap | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/68/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/)