--- title: The next room was a library, and she saw everything she had ever wan… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next room was a library, and she saw everything she had ever wanted to read, as well as everything she had read, and it seemed to her that a whole lifetime would not be enough to even read the names of the books, there were so many. Who acts: next room, Beast, it, whole lifetime. 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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 (next room, Beast, it, whole lifetime), 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:pg503:15:76 # text = The next room was a library, and she saw everything she had ever wanted to read, as well as everything she had read, and it seemed to her that a whole lifetime would not be enough to even read the names of the books, there were so many. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 library library NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 obj _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 15 advmod _ _ 15 wanted want VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 22 cc _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 fixed _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 22 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 11 conj _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 lifetime lifetime NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 even even ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 50 expl _ _ 50 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 51 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the next room | a library | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | Beast | everything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | | 3 | **want** | past · perfect | Beast | | | | ever | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **read** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Beast *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **read** | past · perfect | Beast | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **seem** | past | it | | Beast | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **is** | would | a whole lifetime | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **read** | to-infinitive | a whole lifetime *not said here* | the names of the books | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 9 | **be** | past | many | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **name** | | | the books | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/77/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/)