--- title: To his great joy they instantly began to sprout and grow, and in a m… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: To his great joy they instantly began to sprout and grow, and in a marvellously short time the camp was surrounded by a perfect grove of trees of all sorts, which blossomed and bore ripe fruit, so that all their wants were easily supplied, and they were able to make huge fires to warm themselves. 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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 (Princes, perfect grove, sorts, huge fires), 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:pg7277:17:29 # text = To his great joy they instantly began to sprout and grow, and in a marvellously short time the camp was surrounded by a perfect grove of trees of all sorts, which blossomed and bore ripe fruit, so that all their wants were easily supplied, and they were able to make huge fires to warm themselves. 1 To to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 sprout sprout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 marvellously marvellously NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:agent _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 blossomed blossom VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 37 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 40 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 47 mark _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 wants want NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 46 easily easily ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 supplied supply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 52 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 55 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 warm warm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 59 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Princes *= prince* | | | | | to consideration's great joy; instantly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **sprout** | to-infinitive | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 3 | **grow** | infinitive | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **surround** | past · passive | a perfect grove of trees of all sorts | the camp | | | time | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | | 5 | **blossom** | past | all sorts | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **bear** | past | all sorts *not said here* | ripe fruit | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient | | 7 | **supply** | past · passive | | Princes's wants | | | | easily *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 8 | **is** | past | Princes *= prince* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | to-infinitive | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | huge fires | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **warm** | to-infinitive | huge fires *not said here* | Princes *= prince* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 11 | **joy** | | consideration | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **want** | | Princes *= prince* | | | | | | nom want «state 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/30/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)