--- title: So nothing was left for them but to take their departure to the cott… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So nothing was left for them but to take their departure to the cottage, which stood in the midst of a dark forest, and seemed to be the most dismal place upon the face of the earth. Who acts: cottage, friends. 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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 (cottage, friends), 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:pg503:14:10 # text = So nothing was left for them but to take their departure to the cottage, which stood in the midst of a dark forest, and seemed to be the most dismal place upon the face of the earth. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 32 advmod _ _ 32 dismal dismal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 xcomp _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · passive | | nothing | | | | for friends *= friend* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for they=Recipient | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | | friends's departure | | the cottage | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent departure=Theme to cottage=Destination | | 3 | **stand** | past | the cottage | | | the midst of a dark forest | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in midst=Location | | 4 | **seem** | past | the cottage *not said here* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the cottage *not said here* | the dismal place | | | | upon the face of the earth | tree rules | | 6 | **depart** | | friends *= friend* | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/11/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/)