--- title: But no sooner was he on board than the swan woke suddenly up; his he… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But no sooner was he on board than the swan woke suddenly up; his head emerged from under his wing, his feet began to move in the water, and in another moment they were in the middle of the lake. Who acts: Houarn, board, head, feet. 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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 (Houarn, board, head, feet), 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:pg3454:33:115 # text = But no sooner was he on board than the swan woke suddenly up; his head emerged from under his wing, his feet began to move in the water, and in another moment they were in the middle of the lake. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 3 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 up up ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 emerged emerge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 under under ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Houarn | | | board | | than the swan; soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wake** | past | board | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **emerge** | past | Houarn's head | | | Houarn's wing | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from wing=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **begin** | past | Houarn's feet | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **move** | to-infinitive | Houarn's feet *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in water=Trajectory | | 6 | **is** | past | heads *= head* | | | the middle | moment | of the lake | tree rules | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/114/) - next →: [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 34, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/1/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/)