--- title: "Yes, just like that!" said the Sexton; "and as they came nearer and… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Yes, just like that!" said the Sexton; "and as they came nearer and nearer to me I could see them more distinctly, because their eyes shone out with a sort of green light. Who acts: Sexton, Cats, eyes. 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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 (Sexton, Cats, eyes), 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:pg14241:29:25 # text = "Yes, just like that!" said the Sexton; "and as they came nearer and nearer to me I could see them more distinctly, because their eyes shone out with a sort of green light. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Sexton Sexton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 18 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 xcomp _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 28 distinctly distinctly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 because because SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Sexton | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | past | Cats *= cat* | | the Sexton *= sexton* | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | could | the Sexton *= sexton* | Cats *= cat* | | | | distinctly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 4 | **shine out** *in a quote* | participle | Cats's eyes | | | | | with a sort of green light | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with sort=Theme | | 5 | **sort** *in a quote* | | | green light | | | | | nom sort «cognition 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:** «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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/26/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/)