--- title: Happily, he soon found out the secret of the passage and entered the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Happily, he soon found out the secret of the passage and entered the cabinet of the present, where he saw reflected in the mirrors the unfortunate Rosalie sitting on the floor weeping bitterly, and surrounded with genii, who never left her night or day. Who acts: spite, mirrors, genii. 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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 (spite, mirrors, genii), 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:pg640:16:86 # text = Happily, he soon found out the secret of the passage and entered the cabinet of the present, where he saw reflected in the mirrors the unfortunate Rosalie sitting on the floor weeping bitterly, and surrounded with genii, who never left her night or day. 1 Happily happily ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cabinet cabinet NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 reflected reflect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 xcomp _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 mirrors mirror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Rosalie Rosalie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 35 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 genii genii NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | past | spite | the secret of the passage | | | | happily, soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic | | 2 | **enter** | past | spite *not said here* | the cabinet of the present | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cabinet=Destination | | 3 | **see** | past | spite | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **reflect** | participle | spite *not said here* | | | the mirrors the unfortunate Rosalie | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sit** | gerund | the mirrors the unfortunate Rosalie *not said here* | | | the floor | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location | | 6 | **weep** | gerund | the mirrors the unfortunate Rosalie *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **surround** | participle | spite *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **leave** | past | genii | | | | night | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/87/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/)