--- title: However, having been transported to her grotto upon my favourite cou… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, having been transported to her grotto upon my favourite couch, I spent several delicious days, soothed by the soft green light, which was like a beech wood in the spring, and by the murmuring of bees and the tinkle of falling water. Who acts: I, soft green light, falling water. 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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 (I, soft green light, falling water), 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:pg7277:37:68 # text = However, having been transported to her grotto upon my favourite couch, I spent several delicious days, soothed by the soft green light, which was like a beech wood in the spring, and by the murmuring of bees and the tinkle of falling water. 1 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 transported transport VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 grotto grotto NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 delicious delicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 soothed soothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 beech beech NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 murmuring murmuring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 tinkle tinkle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 amod _ _ 48 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transport** | gerund · perfect · passive | | | | | | to Placida's grotto upon my favourite couch; however *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 2 | **spend** | past | I | | | | day | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **soothe** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | by the soft green light and a beech wood | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | the soft green light and a beech wood | | | | spring | like a beech wood | tree rules | | 5 | **fall** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **murmur** | | | bees | | | | | nom murmuring «event transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **tinkle** | | falling water | | | | | | nom tinkle «event intransitive»: of=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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/69/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)