--- title: However, when after an hour’s journey underground she found herself… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, when after an hour’s journey underground she found herself in a splendid palace with lovely gardens, she felt a little reassured, and was further cheered when she discovered that her pet cat and dog had followed her. Who acts: child, hour. 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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 (child, hour), 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:pg640:23:54 # text = However, when after an hour’s journey underground she found herself in a splendid palace with lovely gardens, she felt a little reassured, and was further cheered when she discovered that her pet cat and dog had followed her. 1 However however ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 9 underground underground ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 12 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 reassured reassure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 29 further further ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 cheered cheer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | child | child | | a splendid palace with lovely gardens | after a hour's journey | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Topic | | 2 | **feel** | past | child | | | | | however *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **reassure** | participle | child *not said here* | a little | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **cheer** | past · passive | child *not said here* | | | | | further *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 5 | **discover** | past | child | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **follow** | past · perfect · passive | | child's pet cat and dog | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme she=Attribute | | 7 | **journey** | | a hour | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: 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 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/55/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/)