--- title: When night fell he had not succeeded in discovering where Fiordelisa… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When night fell he had not succeeded in discovering where Fiordelisa was imprisoned, and, weary and sad, he perched upon a branch of a tall fir tree which grew close to the tower, and began to sing himself to sleep. Who acts: night, King, tall fir tree. 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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 (night, King, tall fir tree), 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:pg7277:3:45 # text = When night fell he had not succeeded in discovering where Fiordelisa was imprisoned, and, weary and sad, he perched upon a branch of a tall fir tree which grew close to the tower, and began to sing himself to sleep. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 succeeded succeed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 8 in in SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 discovering discover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 11 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 imprisoned imprison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 perched perch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | night | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **succeed** | past · perfect | King | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **discover** | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **imprison** | past · passive | | Fiordelisa | | | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **perch** | past | King | | | a branch of a tall fir tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon branch=Location | | 6 | **grow** | past | a tall fir tree | | | | | close *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **begin** | past | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | King | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Theme | | 9 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/46/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/)