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title: There was one room which she had not noticed particularly; it was em… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: There was one room which she had not noticed particularly; it was empty, except that under each of the windows stood a very comfortable chair; and the first time she had looked out of the window it had seemed to her that a black curtain prevented her from seeing anything outside. Who acts: one room,
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# The Blue Fairy Book, Beauty and the Beast, part 2, sentence 105

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There was one room which she had not noticed particularly; it was empty, except that under each of the windows stood a very comfortable chair; and the first time she had looked out of the window it had seemed to her that a black curtain prevented her from seeing anything outside.

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**Who acts:** one room, room, that, Beauty, first time, black curtain · **What happens:** be, not notice, stand, look out, have, seem · **To what, where:** one room, comfortable chair, window, Beauty, anything

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Beauty and the Beast, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one room, room, that, Beauty), 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:pg503:15:105
# text = There was one room which she had not noticed particularly; it was empty, except that under each of the windows stood a very comfortable chair; and the first time she had looked out of the window it had seemed to her that a black curtain prevented her from seeing anything outside.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	noticed	notice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	particularly	particularly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	except	except	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	nsubj	_	_
18	under	under	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	nmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
23	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
25	very	very	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	32	amod	_	_
32	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
33	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
34	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	looked	look	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	32	acl:relcl	_	_
36	out	out	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
40	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	acl:relcl	_	_
42	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obl	_	_
45	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	curtain	curtain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
49	prevented	prevent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	advcl	_	_
50	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obj	_	_
51	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
52	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	49	advcl	_	_
53	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	52	obj	_	_
54	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | one room |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **notice** | past · perfect · passive |  | one room |  |  |  | particularly *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | past | room |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **stand** | past | that | a comfortable chair |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chair=Stimulus |
| 5 | **look out** | past · perfect | Beauty | the window |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **have** | past | room | the window *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient |
| 7 | **seem** | past | the first time |  | Beauty |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **prevent** | past | a black curtain | Beauty |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer she=Theme |
| 9 | **see** | gerund | a black curtain *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |

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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 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.

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