--- title: After a time, it came to pass that from the two pieces he had plante… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After a time, it came to pass that from the two pieces he had planted in the garden two golden lilies grew up, and that his horse had two golden foals, whilst his wife gave birth to twin boys who were all golden. Who acts: two, horse, two golden lilies, wife. 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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 (two, horse, two golden lilies, wife), 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:pg7277:49:43 # text = After a time, it came to pass that from the two pieces he had planted in the garden two golden lilies grew up, and that his horse had two golden foals, whilst his wife gave birth to twin boys who were all golden. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 21 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 32 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 foals foal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 39 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 twin twin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 42 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 all all ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | two | | | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | two *not said here* | that | | the two pieces | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent that=Theme from piece=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **plant** | past · perfect | horse | the two pieces *not said here* | | the garden | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent piece=Theme in garden=Destination | | 4 | **grow up** | past | two golden lilies | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | horse's horse | two golden foals | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foal=Patient | | 6 | **give** | past | horse's wife | birth | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Theme | | 7 | **twin** | to-infinitive | horse's wife *not said here* | boys | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | boys | | | | | all, golden *property* | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/44/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Lads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/)