--- title: But at length it was time to go back to the little house, and as the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But at length it was time to go back to the little house, and as they went along Celandine remembered for the first time what a ragged old dress she was wearing, and what an odd appearance she must present. Who acts: length, trials, Celandine, house. 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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 (length, trials, Celandine, house), 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:pg7277:12:173 # text = But at length it was time to go back to the little house, and as they went along Celandine remembered for the first time what a ragged old dress she was wearing, and what an odd appearance she must present. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 along along ADP IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 Celandine Celandine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 amod _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 30 det:predet _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 ragged ragged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 parataxis _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | length | time | | length | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go back** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to the little house *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result | | 3 | **go along** | past | trials *= trial* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **remember** | past | Celandine | | | | time | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wear** | past · progressive | house | what ragged old dress *not said here* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme | | 6 | **present** | must | appearance | a odd appearance *not said here* | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=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 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 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/172/) - next →: [sentence 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/174/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)