--- title: You were in a part of the country which you did not know, so seeing… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: You were in a part of the country which you did not know, so seeing an orchard all pink and white with apple-blossoms, and a girl tossing a ball in one corner, you went up to her to ask your way. Who acts: You, girl. 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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 (You, girl), 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:pg3454:3:90 # text = You were in a part of the country which you did not know, so seeing an orchard all pink and white with apple-blossoms, and a girl tossing a ball in one corner, you went up to her to ask your way. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 orchard orchard NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 obj _ _ 20 pink pink ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 blossoms blossom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 31 tossing toss VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | You | | | a part | | of the country | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | you | a part | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | gerund | you *not said here* | a orchard | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **toss** | gerund | a girl *not said here* | a ball | | one corner | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ball=Theme in corner=Destination | | 5 | **go up** | past | a girl | | highness | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | a girl *not said here* | your way | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Recipient | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/91/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/)