--- title: “Oh, look, sister!” cried the first to reach the window, “it is a ho… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, look, sister!” cried the first to reach the window, “it is a horse that has knocked, and on its back there is bound a dead boy, the most beautiful boy in all the world!” Who acts: window. 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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 (window), 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:pg2435:12:77 # text = “Oh, look, sister!” cried the first to reach the window, “it is a horse that has knocked, and on its back there is bound a dead boy, the most beautiful boy in all the world!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 xcomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 knocked knock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 30 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 32 expl _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 39 advmod _ _ 39 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | sister | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | first *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **reach** | to-infinitive | | the window | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent window=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | window | a horse | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **knock** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | a horse | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **bind** *in a quote* | present · passive | | a dead boy | | window's back; there | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: boy=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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/78/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)