--- title: Next he locked his door, and ordered a shower of gold to cover the s… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Next he locked his door, and ordered a shower of gold to cover the staircase, and when this was done, the door was flung wide open, and everyone came and peeped at the shining golden stairs. Who acts: Ciccu, everyone. 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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 (Ciccu, everyone), 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:pg5615:37:75 # text = Next he locked his door, and ordered a shower of gold to cover the staircase, and when this was done, the door was flung wide open, and everyone came and peeped at the shining golden stairs. 1 Next next ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 shower shower NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 staircase staircase NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 flung fling VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 28 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 29 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 33 nsubj _ _ 33 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 peeped peep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 amod _ _ 39 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | past | Ciccu | Ciccu's door | | | | next *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 2 | **order** | past | | a shower of gold | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shower=Theme | | 3 | **cover** | to-infinitive | | the staircase | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme staircase=Destination | | 4 | **do** | past · passive | | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **fling** | past · passive | | the door | | | | open *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | everyone | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **peep** | past | everyone *not said here* | | | | | at the shining golden stairs | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at stair=Theme | | 8 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/76/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/)