--- title: As she spoke a blaze of light sprang up before the windows of the pa… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As she spoke a blaze of light sprang up before the windows of the palace; fireworks crackled and guns banged, and across the avenue of orange trees, in letters all made of fire-flies, was written: “Long live the Prince and his Bride.” Who acts: Beauty, light, fireworks. 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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 (Beauty, light, fireworks), 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:pg503:16:78 # text = As she spoke a blaze of light sprang up before the windows of the palace; fireworks crackled and guns banged, and across the avenue of orange trees, in letters all made of fire-flies, was written: “Long live the Prince and his Bride.” 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 blaze blaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 fireworks firework NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 crackled crackle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 guns gun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 banged bang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 24 across across ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 avenue avenue NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 orange orange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 33 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 conj _ _ 34 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 45 live live VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 Bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Beauty | a blaze | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **spring up** | past | light | a blaze *not said here* | | | before the windows of the palace | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location blaze=Theme | | 3 | **crackle** | past | fireworks | guns | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gun=Theme | | 4 | **bang** | participle | | guns *not said here* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** | participle | | | | | | of fire flies | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **write** | past · passive | | | | the avenue of orange trees and letters | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: clause=Topic | | 7 | **live** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the Prince and light's Bride | | | | long *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme prince=Location | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/79/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/)