--- title: It was all ready for him to dwell in, but instead of being in the mi… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was all ready for him to dwell in, but instead of being in the midst of the forest, he did wish he had left the bundle unloosed till he had reached the green valley close to his father’s palace. Who acts: It, son. 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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 (It, son), 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:pg3454:28:51 # text = It was all ready for him to dwell in, but instead of being in the midst of the forest, he did wish he had left the bundle unloosed till he had reached the green valley close to his father’s palace. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 9 in in ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 17 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 unloosed unloose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 till till SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **dwell** | to-infinitive | son | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | instead the midst; of the forest | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | past | son | wish | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Eventuality | | 5 | **leave** | past · perfect | son | the bundle | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme | | 6 | **unloose** | participle | | the bundle *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **reach** | past · perfect | son | the green valley | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent valley=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/52/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/)