--- title: One day, when they were returned, they were sitting out in a green p… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when they were returned, they were sitting out in a green place, and suddenly the crash of thunder struck loudly on their ears, and a wall of mist fell between them, so that they were hidden one from the other. Who acts: lands, wall, thunder. 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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 (lands, wall, thunder), 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:pg3454:35:6 # text = One day, when they were returned, they were sitting out in a green place, and suddenly the crash of thunder struck loudly on their ears, and a wall of mist fell between them, so that they were hidden one from the other. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 crash crash NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 25 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 36 between between ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 43 mark _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 obj _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past · passive | | lands *= land* | | | day | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **sit out** | past · progressive | lands *= land* | | | a green place | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | | 3 | **strike** | participle | | the crash of thunder *not said here* | | lands's ears | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ear=Location | | 4 | **fall** | past | a wall of mist | | | | | between lands *= land* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between they=Location | | 5 | **hide** | past · passive | | lands *= land* | | the other | | | tree rules | | 6 | **crash** | | thunder | | | | | | nom crash «event intransitive»: of=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/7/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/)