--- title: He was still wondering why the pavilions were there, when a noise wa… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was still wondering why the pavilions were there, when a noise was heard among the trees, as if the wind had suddenly got up, and on all sides beautiful maidens stepped from the trees into the bright light of the moon. Who acts: noise, pavilions, wind, beautiful maidens. 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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 (noise, pavilions, wind, beautiful maidens), 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:pg641:34:39 # text = He was still wondering why the pavilions were there, when a noise was heard among the trees, as if the wind had suddenly got up, and on all sides beautiful maidens stepped from the trees into the bright light of the moon. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pavilions pavilion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 16 among among ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 33 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | noise | | | | still | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the pavilions | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | past · passive | | a noise | | | | among the trees | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **get up** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | the wind | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **step** | past | beautiful maidens | | | all sides | | from the trees; into the bright light of the moon | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into light=Destination | | 6 | **light** | | | the moon | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/40/) - ↑ back to [The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/)