--- title: This morning she decided to amuse herself in the garden, for the sun… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This morning she decided to amuse herself in the garden, for the sun shone, and all the fountains were playing; but she was astonished to find that every place was familiar to her, and presently she came to the brook where the myrtle trees were growing where she had first met the Prince in her dream --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/98/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/) / 98 # The Blue Fairy Book, Beauty and the Beast, part 2, sentence 98 This morning she decided to amuse herself in the garden, for the sun shone, and all the fountains were playing; but she was astonished to find that every place was familiar to her, and presently she came to the brook where the myrtle trees were growing where she had first met the Prince in her dream, and that made her think more than ever that he must be kept a prisoner by the Beast. **Who acts:** charming, sun, fountains, place, myrtle trees, that · **What happens:** decide, amuse, shine, play, be, find · **To what, where:** charming, garden, brook, Prince, dream, more · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (charming, sun, fountains, place), 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:pg503:15:98 # text = This morning she decided to amuse herself in the garden, for the sun shone, and all the fountains were playing; but she was astonished to find that every place was familiar to her, and presently she came to the brook where the myrtle trees were growing where she had first met the Prince in her dream, and that made her think more than ever that he must be kept a prisoner by the Beast. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 amuse amuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fountains fountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 familiar familiar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 presently presently ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 50 advmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 myrtle myrtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 acl _ _ 51 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 55 advmod _ _ 55 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 64 nsubj _ _ 64 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 65 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 xcomp _ _ 67 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 66 obj _ _ 68 than than SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 69 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 74 advmod _ _ 70 that that SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 71 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj:pass _ _ 72 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 73 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 74 aux:pass _ _ 74 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 advcl _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 xcomp _ _ 77 by by ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 Beast Beast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 76 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | past | charming | | | | morning | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **amuse** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | charming *not said here* | charming | | the garden | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | | 3 | **shine** | past | the sun | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **play** | past · progressive | all fountains | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | charming | | | | | astonished *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **find** | to-infinitive | charming *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | every place | | charming | | | familiar *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | past | charming | | | the brook | | presently *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to brook=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **grow** | past · progressive | the myrtle trees | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **meet** | past · perfect | charming | the Prince | | charming's dream | | first *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Co-Agent | | 11 | **make** | past | that | charming | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **think** *speech: other* | infinitive | charming *not said here* | more | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot more=Theme | | 13 | **keep** | must · passive | | prince | | | ever | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 14 | **dream** | | charming | | | | | | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/99/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/)