--- title: They lighted their seven little lamps, and as soon as their eyes got… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They lighted their seven little lamps, and as soon as their eyes got accustomed to the glare they saw that someone had been in the room, for all was not in the same order as they had left it. Who acts: masters, someone, all. 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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 (masters, someone, all), 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:pg540:47:141 # text = They lighted their seven little lamps, and as soon as their eyes got accustomed to the glare they saw that someone had been in the room, for all was not in the same order as they had left it. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lighted light VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 4 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 glare glare NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 22 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 27 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **light** | past | masters *= master* | masters's seven little lamps | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Product | | 2 | **accustom** | past · passive | | | | | | to the glare; soon *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | masters *= master* | the glare *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glare=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past · perfect | someone | | | the room | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | all | | | | | for the same order | tree rules | | 6 | **leave** | past · perfect | masters *= master* | order | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/140/) - next →: [sentence 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/142/) - ↑ back to [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/)