--- title: He had dressed himself in cool white clothes, and was passing throug… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He had dressed himself in cool white clothes, and was passing through the hall on his way to the council chamber, when a number of young nobles suddenly appeared before him, and one amongst them stepped forward and spoke. Who acts: king, number, one. 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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 (king, number, one), 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:pg3454:3:39 # text = He had dressed himself in cool white clothes, and was passing through the hall on his way to the council chamber, when a number of young nobles suddenly appeared before him, and one amongst them stepped forward and spoke. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 obl _ 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 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 13 through through ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nsubj _ _ 37 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nmod _ _ 39 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 40 forward forward ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dress** | past · perfect | king | king | | cool white clothes | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 2 | **pass** | past · progressive | king *not said here* | | | the hall | | on king's way; to the council chamber | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through hall=Initial\_Location to chamber=Destination | | 3 | **appear** | past | a number of young nobles | | | | before king | suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Location | | 4 | **step forward** | past | one amongst nobles | | | | | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | one amongst nobles *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/40/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/)