--- title: But dinner does not take very long when you are all by yourself, and… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But dinner does not take very long when you are all by yourself, and very soon she sat down cosily in the corner of a sofa, and began to think about the charming Prince she had seen in her dream. Who acts: dinner, you. 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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 (dinner, you), 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:pg503:15:63 # text = But dinner does not take very long when you are all by yourself, and very soon she sat down cosily in the corner of a sofa, and began to think about the charming Prince she had seen in her dream. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 all all ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 20 down down ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 cosily cosily ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 about about ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take** | present · do-support | dinner | | | | | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | by yourself; all *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sit down** | past | dinner | | | the corner of a sofa | | cosily, soon *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | | 4 | **begin** | past | dinner *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | dinner *not said here* | | | | | about the charming | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about charming=Topic | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect | dinner | the charming *not said here* | | dinner's dream | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer charming=Stimulus | | 7 | **dream** | | dinner | | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/64/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/)