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title: At first, Denis seemed to find the hours that they were together fly… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: At first, Denis seemed to find the hours that they were together fly as quickly as she did, but when he had taught her all the songs he knew, and told her all the plans he had made for growing rich and a great man, he had nothing more to say to her, for he, like a great many other people, was fond o
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 71

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At first, Denis seemed to find the hours that they were together fly as quickly as she did, but when he had taught her all the songs he knew, and told her all the plans he had made for growing rich and a great man, he had nothing more to say to her, for he, like a great many other people, was fond of talking himself, but not of listening to any one else.

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**Who acts:** Denis, cabbages, Tephany · **What happens:** seem, find, fly, do, teach, know · **To what, where:** Denis, Tephany, songs, plans, nothing, one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Denis, cabbages, Tephany), 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:pg3454:32:71
# text = At first, Denis seemed to find the hours that they were together fly as quickly as she did, but when he had taught her all the songs he knew, and told her all the plans he had made for growing rich and a great man, he had nothing more to say to her, for he, like a great many other people, was fond of talking himself, but not of listening to any one else.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Denis	Denis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	together	together	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
15	as	as	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
17	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
21	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
22	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	25	advmod	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
26	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	29	det:predet	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
35	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	iobj	_	_
36	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	38	det:predet	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
40	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
41	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	34	ccomp	_	_
42	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
43	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	41	advcl	_	_
44	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	xcomp	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
52	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	51	obj	_	_
53	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	52	amod	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	acl	_	_
56	to	to	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
59	for	for	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
62	like	like	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
63	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
64	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
65	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
66	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
69	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	70	cop	_	_
70	fond	fond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	appos	_	_
71	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	72	mark	_	_
72	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	70	advcl	_	_
73	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	72	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
75	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
76	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	78	advmod	_	_
77	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	78	mark	_	_
78	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
79	to	to	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
80	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	81	det	_	_
81	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obl	_	_
82	else	else	ADV	RB	_	81	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | past | Denis |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | Denis *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fly** | past | cabbages *= cabbage* |  |  |  |  | quickly, together *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | past | Tephany |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive |  | Denis | Tephany |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **know** | past | Denis | all songs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Denis *not said here* | all plans | Tephany |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **make** | past · perfect | Denis |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **grow** | gerund | Denis *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **have** | past | Denis | nothing |  |  |  | for man | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Denis *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | Tephany |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient |
| 12 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | fond *property* | tree rules |
| 13 | **talk** | gerund |  | Denis |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 14 | **not** **listen** | gerund | Denis *not said here* |  | any one |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to one=Theme |

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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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