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title: Of course the people had taken great care to build their houses out… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Of course the people had taken great care to build their houses out of reach of the highest tide which might be driven on shore by a west wind, but on the very edge of the town there had sprung up a tree so large that half its boughs hung over the huts and the other half over the deep sea right unde
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5, sentence 22

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Of course the people had taken great care to build their houses out of reach of the highest tide which might be driven on shore by a west wind, but on the very edge of the town there had sprung up a tree so large that half its boughs hung over the huts and the other half over the deep sea right under the cliff, where sharks loved to come and splash in the clear water.

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**Who acts:** west wind, boughs, sharks · **What happens:** take, build, drive, spring up, hang, love · **To what, where:** great care, houses, reach, highest tide, shore, tree

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (west wind, boughs, sharks), 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:pg3454:5:22
# text = Of course the people had taken great care to build their houses out of reach of the highest tide which might be driven on shore by a west wind, but on the very edge of the town there had sprung up a tree so large that half its boughs hung over the huts and the other half over the deep sea right under the cliff, where sharks loved to come and splash in the clear water.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	amod	_	_
19	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	driven	drive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl:relcl	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
26	by	by	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
31	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
32	on	on	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	very	very	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	38	advmod	_	_
40	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
41	sprung	spring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
42	up	up	ADP	RP	_	41	compound:prt	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
45	so	so	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	advcl	_	_
47	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
48	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	50	det:predet	_	_
49	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	boughs	bough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nsubj	_	_
51	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	advcl	_	_
52	over	over	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	huts	hut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	54	conj	_	_
59	over	over	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	_
63	right	right	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
64	under	under	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
68	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	70	advmod	_	_
69	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	nsubj	_	_
70	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	acl:relcl	_	_
71	to	to	PART	TO	_	72	mark	_	_
72	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	70	xcomp	_	_
73	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	74	cc	_	_
74	splash	splash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	72	conj	_	_
75	in	in	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
76	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
77	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	78	amod	_	_
78	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · perfect |  | great care |  |  |  | of the people | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of people=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | people's houses |  | reach of the highest tide |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product |
| 3 | **drive** | might · passive | a west wind | the highest tide |  | shore |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme on shore=Destination |
| 4 | **spring up** | past · perfect |  | a tree |  | the edge of the town |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme |
| 5 | **hang** | past | town's boughs |  |  | the huts and the other half over the deep sea |  | under the cliff | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over hut=Location |
| 6 | **love** | past | sharks |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 7 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | sharks *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **splash** | infinitive | sharks *not said here* |  |  | the clear water |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location |

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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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