--- title: After this, as many of the will-o’-the-wisps as could get in crowded… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After this, as many of the will-o’-the-wisps as could get in crowded into Potentilla’s garden, and by their light the tall yew-trees danced minuets until the Princess was weary and begged to be excused from looking at anything more that night. Who acts: wisps, tall yew trees, Princess. 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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 (wisps, tall yew trees, Princess), 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:pg7277:11:96 # text = After this, as many of the will-o’-the-wisps as could get in crowded into Potentilla’s garden, and by their light the tall yew-trees danced minuets until the Princess was weary and begged to be excused from looking at anything more that night. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 wisps wisp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 appos _ _ 16 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl _ _ 19 in in ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 crowded crowd VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 Potentilla Potentilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 32 yew yew NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 36 minuets minuet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 37 until until SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 begged beg VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 excused excuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 xcomp _ _ 47 from from SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 48 obl _ _ 51 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 53 advmod _ _ 52 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get in** | could | the wisps *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **crowd** | participle | the wisps *not said here* | | | Potentilla's garden | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into garden=Destination | | 3 | **dance** | past | the tall yew trees | minuets | | | | by wisps's light | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location minuet=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the Princess | | | | | weary *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | participle | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **excuse** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» | | 7 | **look** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | | | | at anything | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at anything=Theme | | 8 | **light** | | wisps *= wisp* | | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/97/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)