--- title: At first she was so delighted with the chance of a holiday from the… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At first she was so delighted with the chance of a holiday from the work which she hated, that she noticed nothing, but very soon it struck her as odd that as she passed along the roads full of people they all laughed as they looked at her horse. Who acts: wedding, work, horses, holiday. 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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 (wedding, work, horses, holiday), 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:pg3454:37:90 # text = At first she was so delighted with the chance of a holiday from the work which she hated, that she noticed nothing, but very soon it struck her as odd that as she passed along the roads full of people they all laughed as they looked at her horse. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obl _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 37 along along ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 all all ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | wedding | | | | | with the chance of a holiday from the work; delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hate** | past | the work | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **notice** | past | wedding | nothing | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 4 | **strike** | past | work | wedding | | | | as odd; soon *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Instrument | | 5 | **pass** | past | wedding | that | | the roads | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent that=Theme along road=Destination | | 6 | **laugh** | past | horses *= horse* | people *not said here* | | | | all *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 7 | **look** | past | horses *= horse* | | | | | at wedding's horse | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at horse=Theme | | 8 | **chance** | | a holiday from the work | | | | | | nom chance «state 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/91/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)