--- title: He was thinking to himself, as he spread them out carefully, how luc… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was thinking to himself, as he spread them out carefully, how lucky it was that the sun was so bright and that there was no wind, when suddenly a breeze sprang up, and in a moment the feathers were dancing high in the air. Who acts: man, head, breeze, feathers. 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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 (man, head, breeze, feathers), 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:pg2435:22:46 # text = He was thinking to himself, as he spread them out carefully, how lucky it was that the sun was so bright and that there was no wind, when suddenly a breeze sprang up, and in a moment the feathers were dancing high in the air. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 12 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 15 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 32 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 46 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | man | | man | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **spread out** | past | man | feathers *= feather* | | | | carefully *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | head | | | | | bright *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | head *not said here* | no wind | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **spring up** | past | a breeze | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **dance** | past · progressive | the feathers | | | | moment | high *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/47/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/)