--- title: And when this was done it said, ‘The sun has gone down behind the hi… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when this was done it said, ‘The sun has gone down behind the hills; it is time for us to go’: so it went and brought the clothes from the back of the horse, and the man put them on and was well pleased. Who acts: sand, sun, us, man. 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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 (sand, sun, us, man), 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:pg641:15:80 # text = And when this was done it said, ‘The sun has gone down behind the hills; it is time for us to go’: so it went and brought the clothes from the back of the horse, and the man put them on and was well pleased. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 14 down down ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 behind behind ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 32 obj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 on on ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 51 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sand | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go down** | present · perfect | the sun | | | the hills | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind hill=Location | | 4 | **is a** | present | sand | time | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | us | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past | sand | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **bring** | past | sand *not said here* | the clothes | | the back of the horse | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme from back=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **put on** | infinitive | the man | clothes | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | | 9 | **is** | past | sand *not said here* | | | | | pleased, well *property* | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/81/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Gazelle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/)