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title: Now when the people in the town and palace heard music coming from t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Now when the people in the town and palace heard music coming from the tower they were filled with amazement, and came to the King with the news that witchcraft must be going on in Martin’s Tower, for, instead of dying of starvation, he was seemingly making merry to the sound of music, and to the cl
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 197

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Now when the people in the town and palace heard music coming from the tower they were filled with amazement, and came to the King with the news that witchcraft must be going on in Martin’s Tower, for, instead of dying of starvation, he was seemingly making merry to the sound of music, and to the clatter of plates, and glass, and knives and forks; and the music was so enchantingly sweet that all the passers-by stood still to listen to it.

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**Who acts:** people, music, witchcraft, passers, plates · **What happens:** hear, come, fill, go on, die, make · **To what, where:** music, tower, people, news, passers

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Magic Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, music, witchcraft, passers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:33:197
# text = Now when the people in the town and palace heard music coming from the tower they were filled with amazement, and came to the King with the news that witchcraft must be going on in Martin’s Tower, for, instead of dying of starvation, he was seemingly making merry to the sound of music, and to the clatter of plates, and glass, and knives and forks; and the music was so enchantingly sweet that all the passers-by stood still to listen to it.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl:relcl	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	amazement	amazement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
31	witchcraft	witchcraft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
32	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
33	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	aux	_	_
34	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	acl	_	_
35	on	on	ADP	RP	_	34	compound:prt	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	Martin	Martin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	’s	's	PART	POS	_	37	case	_	_
39	Tower	Tower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	45	mark	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	fixed	_	_
45	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	advcl	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	starvation	starvation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
50	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
51	seemingly	seemingly	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
52	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
53	merry	merry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	xcomp	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
61	to	to	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	clatter	clatter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
67	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
68	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
71	knives	knife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
73	forks	fork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	71	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	81	punct	_	_
75	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	81	cc	_	_
76	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
77	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	nsubj	_	_
78	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	81	cop	_	_
79	so	so	ADV	RB	_	81	advmod	_	_
80	enchantingly	enchantingly	ADV	RB	_	81	advmod	_	_
81	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	_
82	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	91	mark	_	_
83	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	85	det:predet	_	_
84	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	85	det	_	_
85	passers	passer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	91	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	85	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	88	mark	_	_
88	stood	stand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	85	acl	_	_
89	still	still	ADV	RB	_	91	advmod	_	_
90	to	to	PART	TO	_	91	mark	_	_
91	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	81	advcl	_	_
92	to	to	ADP	IN	_	93	case	_	_
93	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	91	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
94	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | the people in the town and palace | music |  |  | now | to the clatter of plates; knives and forks *obl* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | music *not said here* |  |  | the tower |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from tower=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **fill** | past · passive |  | people |  |  |  | with amazement | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with amazement=Instrument |
| 4 | **come** | past | the people in the town and palace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the King; with the news | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **go on** | must · progressive | witchcraft | the news *not said here* |  | Martin's Tower |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **die** | gerund | the people in the town and palace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of starvation | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of starvation=Causer |
| 7 | **make** | past · progressive | witchcraft |  |  |  |  | merry, seemingly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **is** | past | the music |  |  |  |  | enchantingly, sweet *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **stand** | participle |  | all passers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **listen** | to-infinitive | all passers |  | music |  | still |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to it=Theme |
| 11 | **clatter** |  | plates |  |  |  |  |  | nom clatter «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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