--- title: The sun shone brightly, and all the bells in the church-towers were… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The sun shone brightly, and all the bells in the church-towers were pealing; the people were dressed in their best clothes, and were going to church, with their hymn books under their arms, to hear the minister preach. Who acts: sun, bells, minister. 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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 (sun, bells, minister), 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:pg640:41:7 # text = The sun shone brightly, and all the bells in the church-towers were pealing; the people were dressed in their best clothes, and were going to church, with their hymn books under their arms, to hear the minister preach. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 brightly brightly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 pealing peal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hymn hymn NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 37 under under ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 preach preach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | past | the sun | | | | | brightly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **peal** | past · progressive | all bells in the church towers | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **dress** | past · passive | | the people | | people's best clothes | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | | | | church | | with people's hymn books under people's arms | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **hear** | to-infinitive | | the minister | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **preach** *speech: other* | infinitive | the minister *not said here* | | | | | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/8/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/)