--- title: The Fountain of Lions is situated in the middle of a court of a grea… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Fountain of Lions is situated in the middle of a court of a great castle, the entrance into which is guarded by four fierce lions, two of which sleep alternately, while the other two are awake. Who acts: four fierce lions, other two. 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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 (four fierce lions, other two), 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:pg503:52:50 # text = The Fountain of Lions is situated in the middle of a court of a great castle, the entrance into which is guarded by four fierce lions, two of which sleep alternately, while the other two are awake. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 situated situate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 26 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 appos _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 alternately alternately ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nsubj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **situate** | present · passive | | the Fountain of Lions | | the middle of a court of a great castle | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in middle=Destination | | 2 | **guard** | present · passive | four fierce lions | | | the entrance | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sleep** | present | | | | | | alternately *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | the other two | | | | | awake *property* | tree rules | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/51/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)