--- title: Lucia’s pretty blue eyes had looked up shyly as he spoke, and now a… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Lucia’s pretty blue eyes had looked up shyly as he spoke, and now a smile parted her rosy lips; and she stole a glance at her mother to see what she thought about it all; but the dame stood lost in amazement to find that her daughter, whom she could have declared had never been out of her sight, was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/) / 9 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 9 Lucia’s pretty blue eyes had looked up shyly as he spoke, and now a smile parted her rosy lips; and she stole a glance at her mother to see what she thought about it all; but the dame stood lost in amazement to find that her daughter, whom she could have declared had never been out of her sight, was already well acquainted with the handsome stranger, and quite willing to be his bride. **Who acts:** Lucia, smile, daughter · **What happens:** look up, speak, part, steal, see, think · **To what, where:** blue eyes, rosy lips, glance, dame, amazement, sight · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lucia, smile, daughter), 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:pg2435:17:9 # text = Lucia’s pretty blue eyes had looked up shyly as he spoke, and now a smile parted her rosy lips; and she stole a glance at her mother to see what she thought about it all; but the dame stood lost in amazement to find that her daughter, whom she could have declared had never been out of her sight, was already well acquainted with the handsome stranger, and quite willing to be his bride. 1 Lucia Lucia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 shyly shyly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 parted part VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 rosy rosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 glance glance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 obj _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 about about ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 dame dame NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 appos _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux _ _ 57 declared declare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 acl:relcl _ _ 58 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 xcomp _ _ 59 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 60 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 cop _ _ 61 out out ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 67 already already ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 68 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 69 advmod _ _ 69 acquainted acquaint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 ccomp _ _ 70 with with ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 72 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 76 quite quite ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 77 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 parataxis _ _ 78 to to PART TO _ 81 mark _ _ 79 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 81 cop _ _ 80 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look up** | past · perfect · passive | | blue eyes | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Lucia | | | | | shyly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **part** | past | a smile | smile's rosy lips | | | now | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lip=Patient | | 4 | **steal** | past | smile | a glance | | | | at smile's mother | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location glance=Theme | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | smile *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | smile | glance | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme it=Attribute | | 7 | **lose** | past · passive | | the dame | | amazement | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **find** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **declare** *speech: other* | could · perfect | daughter | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **have** | participle | daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **not** **is** | participle | | | | smile's sight | | | tree rules | | 12 | **acquaint** *speech: other* | past · passive | smile's daughter | | | | | with the handsome stranger; well *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | Lucia's bride | | | | | tree rules | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/10/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/)