--- title: This, however, was not necessary, for in a quarter of an hour’s time… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This, however, was not necessary, for in a quarter of an hour’s time there grew up all round about the park such a vast number of trees, great and small, bushes and brambles, twining one within another, that neither man nor beast could pass through; so that nothing could be seen but the very top of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/41/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/) / 41 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 41 This, however, was not necessary, for in a quarter of an hour’s time there grew up all round about the park such a vast number of trees, great and small, bushes and brambles, twining one within another, that neither man nor beast could pass through; so that nothing could be seen but the very top of the towers of the palace; and that, too, not unless it was a good way off. **Who acts:** This, quarter, man · **What happens:** not be, grow up, twine, pass through, see · **To what, where:** one, nothing, good way This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, quarter, man), 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:pg503:10:41 # text = This, however, was not necessary, for in a quarter of an hour’s time there grew up all round about the park such a vast number of trees, great and small, bushes and brambles, twining one within another, that neither man nor beast could pass through; so that nothing could be seen but the very top of the towers of the palace; and that, too, not unless it was a good way off. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 18 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 19 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 all all ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 round round ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 23 about about ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 29 det:predet _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 parataxis _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 brambles bramble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 twining twine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 obj _ _ 43 within within ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 47 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 48 det _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 49 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 50 cc _ _ 50 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 51 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 53 through through ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 55 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 60 mark _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 fixed _ _ 57 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 61 but but CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 very very ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nmod _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ; ; PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 75 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 77 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 83 advmod _ _ 78 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 83 mark _ _ 79 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 83 nsubj _ _ 80 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 83 cop _ _ 81 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 82 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 84 off off ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | This | | | | | that *obl*; however, necessary *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow up** | past | a quarter of a hour's time | | | there | | about the park and such vast number of trees and bushes and brambles; round *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about park=Location | | 3 | **twine** | gerund | a quarter of a hour's time *not said here* | one | | | | within another | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **pass through** | could | neither man nor beast | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | could · passive | | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | quarter | a good way | | | | off *property* | tree rules | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/42/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)