--- title: Well, it was one morning when they came to tidy up the lumber-room;… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Well, it was one morning when they came to tidy up the lumber-room; they threw it really rather roughly on the floor, but a servant dragged it off at once downstairs, where there was daylight once more. Who acts: tallow, spirits, servant, daylight. 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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 (tallow, spirits, servant, daylight), 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:pg5615:11:160 # text = Well, it was one morning when they came to tidy up the lumber-room; they threw it really rather roughly on the floor, but a servant dragged it off at once downstairs, where there was daylight once more. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 tidy tidy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 lumber lumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 really really ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 rather rather ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 off off ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 31 obl _ _ 36 downstairs downstairs ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 40 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 42 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 43 advmod _ _ 43 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | tallow | one morning | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | spirits *= spirit* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tidy up** | to-infinitive | spirits *= spirit* *not said here* | the lumber room | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **throw** | past | spirits *= spirit* | room | | the floor | | roughly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme on floor=Destination | | 5 | **drag off** | past | a servant | room | | | | downstairs *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **be** | past | daylight | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/11/159/) - next →: [sentence 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/11/161/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/11/)