--- title: One beautiful spring morning the King was walking through his garden… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One beautiful spring morning the King was walking through his gardens with these three sons, gazing with admiration at the various fruit-trees, some of which were a mass of blossom, whilst others were bowed to the ground laden with rich fruit. Who acts: King, some. 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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 (King, some), 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:pg640:30:4 # text = One beautiful spring morning the King was walking through his gardens with these three sons, gazing with admiration at the various fruit-trees, some of which were a mass of blossom, whilst others were bowed to the ground laden with rich fruit. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 2 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 14 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 23 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nmod _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 blossom blossom NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 bowed bow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 laden lade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past · progressive | the King | | | King's gardens | | with this three sons | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through garden=Trajectory | | 2 | **gaze** | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | | | with admiration; at the various fruit trees | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tree=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | some | a mass | | | | of blossom | tree rules | | 4 | **bow** | past · passive | | others | the ground | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to ground=Recipient | | 5 | **lade** | participle | | the ground *not said here* | | | | with rich fruit | tree rules | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/5/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)