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title: I stretched myself cosily upon the soft grass, and with the bundle o… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: I stretched myself cosily upon the soft grass, and with the bundle of hemp for a pillow slept as tranquilly as if there were no such things as sheep in the world, while they for their part wandered hither and thither at their own sweet will, as if there were no such thing as a shepherdess, invading 
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# The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3, sentence 34

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I stretched myself cosily upon the soft grass, and with the bundle of hemp for a pillow slept as tranquilly as if there were no such things as sheep in the world, while they for their part wandered hither and thither at their own sweet will, as if there were no such thing as a shepherdess, invading every field, and browsing upon every kind of forbidden dainty, until the peasants, alarmed by the havoc they were making, raised a clamour, which at last reached the ears of the King and Queen, who ran out, and seeing the cause of the commotion, hastily collected their flock.

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**Who acts:** I, sheep, peasants, clamour, King · **What happens:** stretch, sleep, be, wander, invade, browse · **To what, where:** myself, pillow, world, own sweet, field, peasants

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, sheep, peasants, clamour), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7277:38:34
# text = I stretched myself cosily upon the soft grass, and with the bundle of hemp for a pillow slept as tranquilly as if there were no such things as sheep in the world, while they for their part wandered hither and thither at their own sweet will, as if there were no such thing as a shepherdess, invading every field, and browsing upon every kind of forbidden dainty, until the peasants, alarmed by the havoc they were making, raised a clamour, which at last reached the ears of the King and Queen, who ran out, and seeing the cause of the commotion, hastily collected their flock.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	myself	myself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	cosily	cosily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	hemp	hemp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
19	slept	sleep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	as	as	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	tranquilly	tranquilly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
22	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
24	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	25	expl	_	_
25	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
26	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	28	det	_	_
27	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
29	as	as	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl:agent	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
35	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
36	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
37	for	for	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
40	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
41	hither	hither	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	41	conj	_	_
44	at	at	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
46	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
48	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
50	as	as	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
51	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
52	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	53	expl	_	_
53	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	cop	_	_
54	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	56	det	_	_
55	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
57	as	as	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
61	invading	invade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	40	advcl	_	_
62	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	63	det	_	_
63	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
66	browsing	browse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	61	conj	_	_
67	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	69	det	_	_
69	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	forbidden	forbidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	amod	_	_
72	dainty	dainty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
74	until	until	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	peasants	peasant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	66	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
78	alarmed	alarm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	76	acl	_	_
79	by	by	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
80	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
81	havoc	havoc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obl	_	_
82	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	84	nsubj	_	_
83	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	84	aux	_	_
84	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	81	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	86	punct	_	_
86	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	76	acl:relcl	_	_
87	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	88	det	_	_
88	clamour	clamour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	86	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	93	punct	_	_
90	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	93	nsubj	_	_
91	at	at	ADP	IN	_	92	case	_	_
92	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	90	nmod	_	_
93	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	88	acl:relcl	_	_
94	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	95	det	_	_
95	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	93	obj	_	_
96	of	of	ADP	IN	_	98	case	_	_
97	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	98	det	_	_
98	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	95	nmod	_	_
99	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	100	cc	_	_
100	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	98	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
101	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	103	punct	_	_
102	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	103	nsubj	_	_
103	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	98	acl:relcl	_	_
104	out	out	ADP	RP	_	103	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
105	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	107	punct	_	_
106	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	107	cc	_	_
107	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	61	conj	_	_
108	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	109	det	_	_
109	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	107	obj	_	_
110	of	of	ADP	IN	_	112	case	_	_
111	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	112	det	_	_
112	commotion	commotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	109	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
113	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	115	punct	_	_
114	hastily	hastily	ADV	RB	_	115	advmod	_	_
115	collected	collect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
116	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	117	nmod:poss	_	_
117	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	115	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
118	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | past | I | myself |  |  |  | upon the soft grass; cosily *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent myself=Patient |
| 2 | **sleep** | participle |  | a pillow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the world |  | as tranquilly sheep | tree rules |
| 4 | **wander** | future | sheep |  |  | sheep's own sweet |  | hither *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sweet=Trajectory |
| 5 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | as no such thing; as a shepherdess | tree rules |
| 6 | **invade** | gerund | sheep *not said here* | every field |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **browse** | gerund | sheep *not said here* | the peasants |  |  |  | upon every kind of forbidden dainty | tree rules |
| 8 | **alarm** | participle |  | the peasants *not said here* |  |  |  | by the havoc | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **make** | past · progressive | sheep | the havoc *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset havoc=Product |
| 10 | **raise** | participle | the peasants *not said here* | a clamour |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clamour=Theme |
| 11 | **reach** | past | a clamour | the ears of the King and Queen |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ear=Theme |
| 12 | **run out** | past | the King and Queen |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 13 | **see** | gerund | sheep *not said here* | the cause of the commotion |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cause=Stimulus |
| 14 | **collect** | past |  | sheep's flock |  |  |  | hastily *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Theme |
| 15 | **cause** |  |  | the commotion |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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