--- title: It was now dark, and while the girl was laying the cloth and setting… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was now dark, and while the girl was laying the cloth and setting down the dishes, and the prince had begun to appease his hunger, he heard the most piteous shrieks and cries from the next room. Who acts: supper, girl, prince. 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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 (supper, girl, prince), 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:pg5615:14:104 # text = It was now dark, and while the girl was laying the cloth and setting down the dishes, and the prince had begun to appease his hunger, he heard the most piteous shrieks and cries from the next room. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 laying lay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 16 down down ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 begun begin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 appease appease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 34 advmod _ _ 34 piteous piteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 shrieks shriek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | supper | | | | now | dark *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lay** | past · progressive | the girl | the cloth | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Result | | 3 | **set down** | gerund | the girl *not said here* | the dishes | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient dish=Result | | 4 | **begin** | past · perfect | the prince | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **appease** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | prince's hunger | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hunger=Experiencer | | 6 | **hear** | past | prince | the piteous shrieks | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer shriek=Stimulus | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | prince *not said here* | | | the next room | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hunger** | | prince | | | | | | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/105/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/)