--- title: But though it seemed so close it was not until the evening of the th… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But though it seemed so close it was not until the evening of the third day that they really drew near to it, and in front of it a flock of sheep was spread, so many in number that there seemed no end to them. Who acts: it, seven, comrade. 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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 (it, seven, comrade), 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:pg3454:38:79 # text = But though it seemed so close it was not until the evening of the third day that they really drew near to it, and in front of it a flock of sheep was spread, so many in number that there seemed no end to them. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 10 until until ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 really really ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 near near ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 43 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | close *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | seven | | | | until the evening; day | | tree rules | | 3 | **draw** | past | comrade | the third day *not said here* | | seven | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent day=Theme | | 4 | **spread** | past · passive | | a flock of sheep | | front of seven | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in front=Destination | | 5 | **seem** | past | | no end | comrade | there | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme end=Attribute | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/80/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/)