--- title: If they both felt a shock at the appearance of the aged lady they di… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If they both felt a shock at the appearance of the aged lady they did not show it, and the king, with a grave bow, took her band, and led her to the chapel, where a bishop was waiting to perform the marriage ceremony. Who acts: guards, king, bishop. 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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 (guards, king, bishop), 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:pg3454:4:11 # text = If they both felt a shock at the appearance of the aged lady they did not show it, and the king, with a grave bow, took her band, and led her to the chapel, where a bishop was waiting to perform the marriage ceremony. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 4 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shock shock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 grave grave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 chapel chapel NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bishop bishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | guards *= guard* | a shock | | the appearance of the aged lady | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shock=Theme at appearance=Location | | 2 | **not** **show** | past · do-support | guards *= guard* | shock | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 3 | **take** | past | the king and a grave bow | woman's band | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent band=Theme | | 4 | **lead** | past | the king and a grave bow *not said here* | woman | | the chapel | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to chapel=Destination | | 5 | **wait** | past · progressive | a bishop | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **perform** | to-infinitive | a bishop *not said here* | the marriage ceremony | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceremony=Theme | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/12/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/)