--- title: For a while she could do nothing but walk round and round her treasu… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: For a while she could do nothing but walk round and round her treasure, admiring the yellow gold and wondering at her good luck, and saying to herself about every two minutes, "Well, I _do_ be feeling rich and grand!" Who acts: Mercy. 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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 (Mercy), 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:pg14241:19:103 # text = For a while she could do nothing but walk round and round her treasure, admiring the yellow gold and wondering at her good luck, and saying to herself about every two minutes, "Well, I _do_ be feeling rich and grand!" 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 obj _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 round round ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 round round ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 admiring admire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obl _ _ 31 about about ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Well well INTJ UH _ 41 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 _ _ AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 41 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux _ _ 44 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 45 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | could | Mercy | nothing | | | while | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 2 | **walk** | present | Mercy *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **admire** | gerund | Mercy *not said here* | the yellow gold | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus | | 4 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | Mercy *not said here* | | | Mercy's good luck | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | Mercy *not said here* | | Mercy | | minute | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | | Mercy | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **feel** *in a quote* | infinitive · progressive | Mercy *not said here* | | | | | rich *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **treasure** | | Mercy | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/104/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/)