--- title: But on the contrary, after slowly enshrouding him in a long black ro… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But on the contrary, after slowly enshrouding him in a long black robe like their own, they led him into the Temple itself, where he was forced to witness numbers of lengthy rites and ceremonies. Who acts: contrary, arms. 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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 (contrary, arms), 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:pg7277:37:3 # text = But on the contrary, after slowly enshrouding him in a long black robe like their own, they led him into the Temple itself, where he was forced to witness numbers of lengthy rites and ceremonies. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 contrary contrary NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 enshrouding enshroud VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 like like ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Temple Temple PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 witness witness NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 lengthy lengthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 rites rite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 ceremonies ceremony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enshroud** | gerund | the contrary *not said here* | him *= he* | | a long black robe like arms's own | | slowly *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | | 2 | **lead** | past | arms *= arm* | him *= he* | | the contrary | | into the Temple Temple | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme on contrary=Destination | | 3 | **force** | past · passive | | he | | | | | tree rules | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/4/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)