--- title: The next morning had scarcely dawned when the youth went down to the… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next morning had scarcely dawned when the youth went down to the shore, and began to play on his flute, and the first notes had hardly sounded when he saw a beautiful fairy standing before him, with hair and robes that shone like gold. Who acts: youth, beautiful fairy, hair. 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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 (youth, beautiful fairy, hair), 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:pg641:44:76 # text = The next morning had scarcely dawned when the youth went down to the shore, and began to play on his flute, and the first notes had hardly sounded when he saw a beautiful fairy standing before him, with hair and robes that shone like gold. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 dawned dawn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 amod _ _ 27 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 sounded sound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 38 before before ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 47 like like ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dawn** | past · perfect · passive | | the next morning | | | | scarcely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **go down** | past | the youth | | | | | to the shore; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **play** | to-infinitive | | | | youth's flute | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sound** | past · perfect · passive | | the first notes | | | | hardly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past | youth | a beautiful fairy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fairy=Stimulus | | 7 | **stand** | gerund | a beautiful fairy *not said here* | | | | before youth | with hair and robes | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 8 | **shine** | past | hair and robes | | | | | like gold | vn light\_emission-43.1 «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:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/77/) - ↑ back to [Mogarzea and His Son](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/)