--- title: Here he was interrupted by a noise above his head--someone was openi… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Here he was interrupted by a noise above his head--someone was opening a window, and he saw with delight that it was Celia herself, who came forward and threw out a plate of most delicious-looking food, then the window was shut again, and Prince Darling, who had not had anything to eat all day, thou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/140/) [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/) / [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/) / 140 # The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 140 Here he was interrupted by a noise above his head--someone was opening a window, and he saw with delight that it was Celia herself, who came forward and threw out a plate of most delicious-looking food, then the window was shut again, and Prince Darling, who had not had anything to eat all day, thought he might as well take the opportunity of getting something. **Who acts:** noise, someone, prince, delight, Prince Darling, opportunity · **What happens:** interrupt, open, see, be, come forward, throw out · **To what, where:** prince, window, Celia, plate, anything, opportunity · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (noise, someone, prince, delight), 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:pg503:39:140 # text = Here he was interrupted by a noise above his head--someone was opening a window, and he saw with delight that it was Celia herself, who came forward and threw out a plate of most delicious-looking food, then the window was shut again, and Prince Darling, who had not had anything to eat all day, thought he might as well take the opportunity of getting something. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 interrupted interrupt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 above above ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 acl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 Celia Celia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 27 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 31 forward forward ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 38 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 42 amod _ _ 39 delicious delicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 amod _ _ 42 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 49 again again ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 52 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 Darling Darling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 56 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 58 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 acl:relcl _ _ 59 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 58 obj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 acl _ _ 62 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 63 det _ _ 63 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 65 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 67 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 68 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 70 cc _ _ 69 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 68 fixed _ _ 70 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 ccomp _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 73 of of SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 74 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 72 acl _ _ 75 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 74 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **interrupt** | past · passive | a noise above prince's head | prince | | here | | | tree rules | | 2 | **open** | past · progressive | someone | a window | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | prince | | | | | with delight | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | past | delight | Celia | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come forward** | past | | | | | | forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **throw out** | past | | a plate of most looking food | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Theme | | 7 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **shut** | past · passive | | the window | | | then; again | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **not** **have** | past · perfect | Prince Darling | anything | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 10 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Prince Darling *not said here* | anything *not said here* | | | day | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Prince Darling | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 12 | **take** | might | prince | the opportunity | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme | | 13 | **get** | gerund | the opportunity *not said here* | something | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/141/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)