--- title: During the first few days they noticed signs of much disturbance and… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: During the first few days they noticed signs of much disturbance and distress in the streets, but about the fourth day, as they sat on the roof of the palace, they perceived a splendid procession passing below them along the street. Who acts: Mu, splendid procession. A sentence of «The Green Fairy B --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/87/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [The Story of Caliph Stork](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/) / 87 # The Green Fairy Book, The Story of Caliph Stork, sentence 87 During the first few days they noticed signs of much disturbance and distress in the streets, but about the fourth day, as they sat on the roof of the palace, they perceived a splendid procession passing below them along the street. **Who acts:** Mu, splendid procession · **What happens:** notice, sit, perceive, pass, sign · **To what, where:** signs, roof, splendid procession, much disturbance This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Caliph Stork. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mu, splendid procession), 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:pg7277:7:87 # text = During the first few days they noticed signs of much disturbance and distress in the streets, but about the fourth day, as they sat on the roof of the palace, they perceived a splendid procession passing below them along the street. 1 During during ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 disturbance disturbance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 22 amod _ _ 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 passing pass VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 below below ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 along along ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | past | Mu | signs of much disturbance and distress in the streets | | | day | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus | | 2 | **sit** | past | Mu | | | the roof of the palace | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location | | 3 | **perceive** | past | Mu | a splendid procession | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer procession=Stimulus | | 4 | **pass** | gerund | a splendid procession *not said here* | | | | | below Mu; along the street | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme below they=Location | | 5 | **sign** | | | much disturbance and distress in the streets | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/88/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Caliph Stork](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/7/)