--- title: At last they reached a great plain overgrown with bushes, and when t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last they reached a great plain overgrown with bushes, and when they looked around them, they saw, as much as they could in the darkness, that they were among the same beautiful raspberry bushes from which they had picked their baskets and their aprons full. Who acts: last, birds. 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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 (last, birds), 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:pg3454:24:148 # text = At last they reached a great plain overgrown with bushes, and when they looked around them, they saw, as much as they could in the darkness, that they were among the same beautiful raspberry bushes from which they had picked their baskets and their aprons full. 1 At at SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 overgrown overgrow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 16 around around ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 as as ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obj _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 34 among among ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 37 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 raspberry raspberry NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 baskets basket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 aprons apron NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ _ 50 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | last | a great plain | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent plain=Theme | | 2 | **overgrow** | participle | | a great plain *not said here* | | | | with bushes | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | past | birds *= bird* | | | | | around chimneys *= chimney* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent around they=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | birds *= bird* | much | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | birds *= bird* | | | | | among the same beautiful raspberry bushes | tree rules | | 6 | **pick** | past · perfect · passive | | birds *= bird* | | the same beautiful raspberry bushes | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary basket=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 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/24/147/) - next →: [sentence 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/24/149/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/24/)