--- title: This lasted until they reached the avenue of orange trees, where wer… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This lasted until they reached the avenue of orange trees, where were statues holding flaming torches, and when they got nearer to the palace they saw that it was illuminated from the roof to the ground, and music sounded softly from the courtyard. Who acts: This, fireworks, statues, music. 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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 (This, fireworks, statues, music), 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:pg503:15:11 # text = This lasted until they reached the avenue of orange trees, where were statues holding flaming torches, and when they got nearer to the palace they saw that it was illuminated from the roof to the ground, and music sounded softly from the courtyard. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lasted last VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 avenue avenue NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 orange orange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 statues statue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 appos _ _ 15 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 16 flaming flaming NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 torches torch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 xcomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 illuminated illuminate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 43 softly softly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | past | This | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reach** | past | fireworks *= firework* | the avenue of orange trees | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent avenue=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | | statues | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hold** | gerund | statues *not said here* | flaming torches | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Theme | | 5 | **get** | past | fireworks *= firework* | | | | | near *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **see** | past | fireworks *= firework* | the palace *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **illuminate** | past · passive | | avenue | | the roof | | to the ground | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 8 | **sound** | past | music | | | the courtyard | | softly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/12/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/)