--- title: There was certainly plenty of room for a dozen beggars, for the only… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There was certainly plenty of room for a dozen beggars, for the only occupants of the stable were an old donkey and a thin ox; and as the night was bitter, the wizard lay down between them for warmth, with a sack of reeds for a pillow. Who acts: plenty, only occupants, night, wizard. 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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 (plenty, only occupants, night, wizard), 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:pg3454:25:68 # text = There was certainly plenty of room for a dozen beggars, for the only occupants of the stable were an old donkey and a thin ox; and as the night was bitter, the wizard lay down between them for warmth, with a sack of reeds for a pillow. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 beggars beggar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 occupants occupant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 38 down down ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 between between ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 warmth warmth NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 parataxis _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 reeds reed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | plenty of room for dozen beggars | | | there | | certainly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | the only occupants of the stable | a old donkey and a thin ox | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the night | | | | | bitter *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **lie down** | past | the wizard | | | | | between occupants *= occupant*; for warmth; down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between they=Location | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/69/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/)