--- title: At the same moment nine golden pea-hens flew swiftly through the air… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At the same moment nine golden pea-hens flew swiftly through the air, and while eight alighted upon the boughs laden with fruit, the ninth fluttered to the ground where the prince lay, and instantly was changed into a beautiful maiden, more beautiful far than any lady in the emperor’s court. 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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 (golden pea hens, eight, boughs, prince), 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:pg641:7:12 # text = At the same moment nine golden pea-hens flew swiftly through the air, and while eight alighted upon the boughs laden with fruit, the ninth fluttered to the ground where the prince lay, and instantly was changed into a beautiful maiden, more beautiful far than any lady in the emperor’s court. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 5 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 flat _ _ 6 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 pea pea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 while while SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nsubj _ _ 19 alighted alight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 20 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 laden laden VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ninth ninth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 fluttered flutter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 48 advmod _ _ 48 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ _ 49 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 50 than than ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 52 det _ _ 52 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’s 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | golden pea hens | | | the air | moment | swiftly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent through air=Location | | 2 | **alight** | participle | eight | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **laden** | present | the boughs | | | | | with fruit and the ninth | tree rules | | 4 | **flutter** | participle | | the ninth *not said here* | | | | to the ground | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lie** | past | the prince | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **change** | past · passive | golden pea hens *not said here* | | | | | into a beautiful maiden *result*; instantly *property* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: into maiden=Result | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/13/) - ↑ back to [The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/)