--- title: First they sat her down upon a sofa, with her back supported with a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: First they sat her down upon a sofa, with her back supported with a cushion of gold brocade, while they made a bed on the same sofa before her, the quilt of which was finely embroidered with silk, the sheets of the finest linen, and the coverlet cloth-of-gold. Who acts: women. 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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 (women), 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:pg503:51:65 # text = First they sat her down upon a sofa, with her back supported with a cushion of gold brocade, while they made a bed on the same sofa before her, the quilt of which was finely embroidered with silk, the sheets of the finest linen, and the coverlet cloth-of-gold. 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 13 supported support VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cushion cushion NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 brocade brocade NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 while while SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 before before ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 quilt quilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 finely finely ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 sheets sheet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 48 amod _ _ 48 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 coverlet coverlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | women *= woman* | Princess | | | | upon a sofa; first *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **support** | participle | | Princess's back *not said here* | | | | with a cushion of gold brocade | vn help-72.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent with cushion=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | women *= woman* | a bed | | the same sofa | before Princess | the quilt *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bed=Product | | 4 | **embroider** | past · passive | | | | | | of the quilt; with silk and the sheets of the finest linen; finely *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: with silk=Theme | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/66/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)