--- title: When they had explored and admired until they were tired they sat do… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they had explored and admired until they were tired they sat down to rest under the rose-covered porch, and the Fairy said that to pass the time until the wedding guests whom she had invited could arrive she would tell them a story. Who acts: Sylvain, Fairy, wedding guests. 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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 (Sylvain, Fairy, wedding guests), 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:pg7277:9:36 # text = When they had explored and admired until they were tired they sat down to rest under the rose-covered porch, and the Fairy said that to pass the time until the wedding guests whom she had invited could arrive she would tell them a story. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 explored explore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 admired admire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 16 under under ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 porch porch NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 until until SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 36 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explore** | past · perfect | Sylvain | | | | | | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **admire** | participle | Sylvain *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | Sylvain | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **sit down** | past | Sylvain | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **rest** | to-infinitive | Sylvain *not said here* | | | the covered porch | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under porch=Location | | 6 | **cover** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Fairy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **invite** | past · perfect · passive | | the wedding guests | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 10 | **arrive** | could | the wedding guests | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would | Fairy | a story | Sylvain | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient story=Topic | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/37/) - ↑ back to [Sylvain and Jocosa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/)