--- title: In the midst of this room stood a couch, draped with curtains of all… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the midst of this room stood a couch, draped with curtains of all the colours of the rainbow, and suspended by golden cords so that it swayed with the Castle in a manner which rocked its occupant delightfully to sleep. Who acts: room, manner. 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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 (room, manner), 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:pg640:24:23 # text = In the midst of this room stood a couch, draped with curtains of all the colours of the rainbow, and suspended by golden cords so that it swayed with the Castle in a manner which rocked its occupant delightfully to sleep. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 draped drape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rainbow rainbow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 suspended suspend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 30 mark _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 swayed sway VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 rocked rock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 occupant occupant NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 delightfully delightfully ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | | a couch | | the midst of this room | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent couch=Theme in midst=Destination | | 2 | **drape** | participle | | | | | | with curtains of all colours of the rainbow | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with curtain=Theme | | 3 | **suspend** | participle | | | | | | by golden cords | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by cord=Location | | 4 | **sway** | past | room | | | a manner | | with the Castle | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in manner=Location | | 5 | **rock** | past | a manner | room's occupant | | | | delightfully *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location occupant=Theme | | 6 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | a manner *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/24/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/)