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title: It happened that, as the next morning was dawning, the gallant young… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: It happened that, as the next morning was dawning, the gallant young prince of Dilaram was hunting by the banks of the river, with a great following of wazirs, attendants, and huntsmen, and as he rode he saw floating on the river a large chest, which came slowly along, bobbing and turning in the tid
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 80

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It happened that, as the next morning was dawning, the gallant young prince of Dilaram was hunting by the banks of the river, with a great following of wazirs, attendants, and huntsmen, and as he rode he saw floating on the river a large chest, which came slowly along, bobbing and turning in the tide.

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**Who acts:** It, dawning, Dilaram, large chest · **What happens:** happen, dawn, hunt, follow, ride, see · **To what, where:** gallant young prince, river, tide

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, dawning, Dilaram, large chest), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:4:80
# text = It happened that, as the next morning was dawning, the gallant young prince of Dilaram was hunting by the banks of the river, with a great following of wazirs, attendants, and huntsmen, and as he rode he saw floating on the river a large chest, which came slowly along, bobbing and turning in the tide.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	dawning	dawn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	gallant	gallant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Dilaram	Dilaram	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	conj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	wazirs	wazir	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
40	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	ccomp	_	_
45	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	44	xcomp	_	_
46	on	on	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	54	nsubj	_	_
54	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	acl:relcl	_	_
55	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
56	along	along	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
58	bobbing	bob	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	54	advcl	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
60	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	58	conj	_	_
61	in	in	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | It |  |  |  |  | that *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dawn** | past · progressive |  | the gallant young prince of Dilaram |  |  | morning |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hunt** | past · progressive | dawning |  |  |  |  | by the banks of the river | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by bank=Location |
| 4 | **follow** | gerund | dawning *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of wazirs and attendants and huntsmen | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent of wazir=Trajectory |
| 5 | **ride** | past | Dilaram |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **see** | past | Dilaram |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 7 | **float** | gerund | Dilaram *not said here* |  |  | the river and a large chest |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on river=Trajectory |
| 8 | **come** | past | a large chest |  |  |  |  | along, slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **bob** | gerund | a large chest *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **turn** | gerund | a large chest *not said here* |  |  | the tide |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in tide=Trajectory |

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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.

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**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.

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