--- title: He then crossed a court paved with marble, went up the stairs and ca… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He then crossed a court paved with marble, went up the stairs and came into the guard chamber, where guards were standing in their ranks, with their muskets upon their shoulders, and snoring as loud as they could. Who acts: Scarce, guards. 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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 (Scarce, guards), 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:pg503:10:58 # text = He then crossed a court paved with marble, went up the stairs and came into the guard chamber, where guards were standing in their ranks, with their muskets upon their shoulders, and snoring as loud as they could. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 crossed cross VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 paved pave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 22 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 ranks rank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 muskets musket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 32 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 snoring snore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 38 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cross** | past | Scarce | a court | | | then | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Patient | | 2 | **pave** | participle | | a court *not said here* | | | | with marble | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with marble=Theme | | 3 | **go up** | past | | the stairs | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **come** | past | | | | the guard chamber | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into chamber=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **stand** | past · progressive | guards | | | guards's ranks | | with guards's muskets upon guards's shoulders | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in rank=Location | | 6 | **snore** | gerund | | | | | | loud *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/59/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)