--- title: And when the tale was finished there were no more cushions under the… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when the tale was finished there were no more cushions under the empress, but the moment that they lifted their caps, and showed their golden hair and the golden stars, the eyes of the emperor and of all his guests were bent on them, and they could hardly bear the power of so many glances. 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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 (more cushions, cushions), 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:pg641:35:132 # text = And when the tale was finished there were no more cushions under the empress, but the moment that they lifted their caps, and showed their golden hair and the golden stars, the eyes of the emperor and of all his guests were bent on them, and they could hardly bear the power of so many glances. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 9 no no ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 amod _ _ 11 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 12 under under ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 empress empress NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 caps cap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 so so ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 glances glance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · passive | | the tale | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | more cushions under the empress | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lift** | past | cushions *= cushion* | cushions's caps | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme | | 4 | **show** | past | cushions *= cushion* *not said here* | cushions's golden hair and the golden stars and the eyes of the emperor and emperor's guests | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hair=Recipient | | 5 | **bend** | past · passive | | the moment | | | | on cushions *= cushion* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme on they=Location | | 6 | **bear** | could | cushions *= cushion* | the power of many glances | | | | hardly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/35/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/35/133/) - ↑ back to [The Boys With the Golden Stars](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/35/)