--- title: So their first meeting took place in the air, but it was none the le… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So their first meeting took place in the air, but it was none the less happy for that; and the fan grew big enough to hold the king as well as Aveline, who had hastened to give them some good advice. Who acts: first meeting, meeting, fan, king. 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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 (first meeting, meeting, fan, king), 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:pg5615:31:29 # text = So their first meeting took place in the air, but it was none the less happy for that; and the fan grew big enough to hold the king as well as Aveline, who had hastened to give them some good advice. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 5 obl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ _ 17 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 fan fan NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 26 enough enough ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 34 cc _ _ 32 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 fixed _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 34 Aveline Aveline PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 43 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | alas's first meeting | place | | the air | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in air=Location | | 2 | **is a** | past | meeting | none | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | past | the fan | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hold** | to-infinitive | the fan *not said here* | the king as Aveline | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 5 | **hasten** | past · perfect | the king as Aveline | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | the king as Aveline *not said here* | some good advice | alas *= ala* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient advice=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/30/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/)