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title: Each of the conquered gods held in its hand a bell, and if there was… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Each of the conquered gods held in its hand a bell, and if there was even a thought of treason in any of the countries its god turned its back upon the god of Rome and rang its bell furiously, and the senators came hurrying to see who was rebelling against the majesty of the empire. Who acts: god, s
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# The Violet Fairy Book, Virgilius the Sorcerer, sentence 72

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Each of the conquered gods held in its hand a bell, and if there was even a thought of treason in any of the countries its god turned its back upon the god of Rome and rang its bell furiously, and the senators came hurrying to see who was rebelling against the majesty of the empire.

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**Who acts:** god, senators · **What happens:** conquer, hold, be, turn, ring, come · **To what, where:** Each, hand, thought, any, back, bell · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Virgilius the Sorcerer. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (god, senators), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg641:43:72
# text = Each of the conquered gods held in its hand a bell, and if there was even a thought of treason in any of the countries its god turned its back upon the god of Rome and rang its bell furiously, and the senators came hurrying to see who was rebelling against the majesty of the empire.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	16	expl	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	even	even	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	treason	treason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	19	nmod	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	_
27	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
29	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	_
30	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
39	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	furiously	furiously	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	senators	senator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nsubj	_	_
46	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
47	hurrying	hurry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	46	xcomp	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	advcl	_	_
50	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	52	nsubj	_	_
51	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	rebelling	rebel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	49	ccomp	_	_
53	against	against	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	majesty	majesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conquer** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hold** | participle · passive |  | Each |  | middle's hand |  | a bell *obl:unmarked* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in hand=Location |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | a thought |  | any |  | of treason | tree rules |
| 4 | **turn** | past | middle's god | middle's back |  |  |  | upon the god of Rome | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme |
| 5 | **ring** | past | middle's god *not said here* | middle's bell |  |  |  | furiously *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |
| 6 | **come** | past | the senators |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **hurry** | gerund | the senators *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **see** | to-infinitive | the senators *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 9 | **rebel** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | against the majesty of the empire | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against majesty=Maleficiary |

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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.

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**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.

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