--- title: In vain they determined that, come what might, they would not close… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In vain they determined that, come what might, they would not close their eyes; at the first note of music they all fell asleep, and when the farmer arrived in the morning to see his grandson, he found them all weeping, for while they had slept the baby had vanished. Who acts: wings, farmer, baby. 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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 (wings, farmer, baby), 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:pg3454:36:106 # text = In vain they determined that, come what might, they would not close their eyes; at the first note of music they all fell asleep, and when the farmer arrived in the morning to see his grandson, he found them all weeping, for while they had slept the baby had vanished. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 9 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 amod _ _ 21 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 26 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 30 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 grandson grandson NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 46 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 while while SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 slept sleep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 parataxis _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 55 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | past | wings *= wing* | | | vain | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | wings *= wing* *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme | | 3 | **not** **close** | would | wings *= wing* | wings's eyes | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 4 | **fall** | past | wings *= wing* | | | the first note of music | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at note=Location | | 5 | **arrive** | past | the farmer | | | | morning | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* | farmer's grandson | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grandson=Stimulus | | 7 | **find** | past | farmer | wings *= wing* | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Theme weeping=Attribute | | 8 | **sleep** | past · perfect | wings *= wing* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **vanish** | past · perfect | the baby | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **note** | | | music | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/107/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/)