--- title: When they reached the hillock where he dwelt, which was higher and b… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they reached the hillock where he dwelt, which was higher and broader than the rest, and had a bright light hanging over the top, they coiled themselves up and waited. Who acts: hillocks, king, hillock, bright light. 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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 (hillocks, king, hillock, bright light), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Checked tree.** This sentence is in the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3 (`gutenberg:pg641:2918`): parsed by Mova, then checked and patched by a teacher model under UD validation gates — Mova annot: Rust (en) → Claude Opus (medium) patches; gates UD 2.18. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg641:34:19 # text = When they reached the hillock where he dwelt, which was higher and broader than the rest, and had a bright light hanging over the top, they coiled themselves up and waited. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hillock hillock NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 acl:relcl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 broader broad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 conj _ _ 15 than than ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 acl _ _ 25 over over ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 coiled coil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | hillocks *= hillock* | the hillock | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hillock=Theme | | 2 | **dwell** | past | king | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the hillock | | | | | high *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | the hillock *not said here* | | | | | than the rest | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | the hillock *not said here* | a bright light | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient | | 6 | **hang** | gerund | a bright light *not said here* | | | the top | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over top=Location | | 7 | **coil up** | past | hillocks *= hillock* | hillocks *= hillock* | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent themselves=Material | | 8 | **wait** | past | hillocks *= hillock* *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:** the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3, Apache-2.0 OR MIT. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/20/) - ↑ back to [The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/)