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title: The sorcerer had just closed his third wallet, and was beginning to… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The sorcerer had just closed his third wallet, and was beginning to wonder if he could carry away any more treasures when a low murmur as of a distant storm broke upon his ears. Who acts: procession, low murmur. A sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 26, with
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 26, sentence 38

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The sorcerer had just closed his third wallet, and was beginning to wonder if he could carry away any more treasures when a low murmur as of a distant storm broke upon his ears.

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**Who acts:** procession, low murmur · **What happens:** close, begin, wonder, carry away, break · **To what, where:** sorcerer, more treasures, ears

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (procession, low murmur), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:26:38
# text = The sorcerer had just closed his third wallet, and was beginning to wonder if he could carry away any more treasures when a low murmur as of a distant storm broke upon his ears.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sorcerer	sorcerer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	wallet	wallet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	beginning	begin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	wonder	wonder	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	ccomp	_	_
19	away	away	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	any	any	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	22	amod	_	_
22	treasures	treasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
23	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	32	advmod	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	murmur	murmur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
27	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	31	case	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	fixed	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
32	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
33	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | past · perfect · passive |  | the sorcerer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **begin** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **carry away** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | procession | more treasures |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme |
| 5 | **break** | past | a low murmur as a distant storm |  |  | procession's ears |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon ear=Location |

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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.

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**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.

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