--- title: At the sound she grew pale, for she knew it meant that Houarn was in… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At the sound she grew pale, for she knew it meant that Houarn was in danger; and, hastily, changing the rough dress she wore for her work, she left the farm with the magic stick in her hand. Who acts: Bellah, it, Houarn. 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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 (Bellah, it, Houarn), 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:pg3454:34:52 # text = At the sound she grew pale, for she knew it meant that Houarn was in danger; and, hastily, changing the rough dress she wore for her work, she left the farm with the magic stick in her hand. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 Houarn Houarn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 hastily hastily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 changing change VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | Bellah | | | the sound | | pale *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sound=Location | | 2 | **know** | past | Bellah | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **mean** | past | it | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | Houarn | | | danger | | | tree rules | | 5 | **change** | gerund | Bellah *not said here* | the rough dress | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Patient | | 6 | **wear** | past | Bellah | the rough dress *not said here* | | | | for Bellah's work | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme | | 7 | **leave** | past | Bellah | the farm | | | | with the magic stick in Bellah's hand | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent farm=Recipient with stick=Theme | | 8 | **work** | | Bellah | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/53/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/)