--- title: From the instant it was light, till the last rays had faded out of t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: From the instant it was light, till the last rays had faded out of the sky, he searched every inch of ground where the magic plants might grow; he scarcely gave himself a minute to eat and drink, but at length he found the crowsfoot in a little hollow! Who acts: air, sky, magic plants. 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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 (air, sky, magic plants), 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:pg3454:25:85 # text = From the instant it was light, till the last rays had faded out of the sky, he searched every inch of ground where the magic plants might grow; he scarcely gave himself a minute to eat and drink, but at length he found the crowsfoot in a little hollow! 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 till till SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 faded fade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 14 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 searched search VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 21 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 inch inch NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 iobj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 crowsfoot crowsfoot NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 hollow hollow NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | air | | | the instant | | light *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fade** | past · perfect · passive | | the last rays | | the sky | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **search** | past | sky | every inch of ground | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent inch=Location | | 4 | **grow** | might | the magic plants | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | sky | | sky | | minute | scarcely *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 6 | **eat** | to-infinitive | sky *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drink** | infinitive | sky *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **find** | past | sky | the crowsfoot | | length | | in a little hollow | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent crowsfoot=Theme at length=Asset | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/86/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/)