--- title: The creature's eyne got used like to the moonlight, and presently he… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The creature's eyne got used like to the moonlight, and presently he looked up in Tom's face as bold as ever was; "Tom," says he, "thou 'rt a good lad!" as cool as thou can think, says he, "Tom, thou 'rt a good lad!" and his voice was soft and high and piping like a little bird twittering. 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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 (eyne, Tom, thou, voice), 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:pg14241:17:59 # text = The creature's eyne got used like to the moonlight, and presently he looked up in Tom's face as bold as ever was; "Tom," says he, "thou 'rt a good lad!" as cool as thou can think, says he, "Tom, thou 'rt a good lad!" and his voice was soft and high and piping like a little bird twittering. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 eyne eyne NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 presently presently ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 25 advmod _ _ 25 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 31 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 conj _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 rt Rt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 43 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 47 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 " " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 appos _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 rt Rt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 flat _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ! ! PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 " " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 68 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 conj _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 conj _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 piping pipe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 68 conj _ _ 73 like like ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 77 twittering twitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 76 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past · passive | | the creature's eyne | | | | like the moonlight | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **look up** | past | eyne | | | | | as bold; in Tom's face; presently *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in face=Theme | | 3 | **be** | past | eyne *not said here* | | | | ever | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tom | eyne | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme lad=Manner | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | can | thou | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tom *not said here* | eyne | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 7 | **is** | past | Tom's voice | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | Tom's voice *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **pipe** | gerund | Tom's voice *not said here* | | | | | like a little bird | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **twitter** | gerund | a little bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/60/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/)