--- title: He wondered how they got there, for he knew he had left them in his… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He wondered how they got there, for he knew he had left them in his room; but what was his horror when he saw the form of the fainting girl lying where she had dropped, as still and white as if she had been dead. Who acts: Peter, napkins, fainting girl, maiden. 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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 (Peter, napkins, fainting girl, maiden), 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:pg2435:28:21 # text = He wondered how they got there, for he knew he had left them in his room; but what was his horror when he saw the form of the fainting girl lying where she had dropped, as still and white as if she had been dead. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wondered wonder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 fainting fainting NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 33 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 still still ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 cop _ _ 48 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | Peter | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **get** | past | napkins *= napkin* | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **know** | past | Peter | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **leave** | past · perfect | Peter | napkins *= napkin* | | Peter's room | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in room=Location | | 5 | **is a** | past | | Peter's horror | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past | Peter | the form of the fainting girl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer form=Stimulus | | 7 | **lie** | gerund | the fainting girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **drop** | past · perfect | maiden | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past · perfect | maiden | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **form** | | | the fainting girl | | | | | nom form «communication 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:** «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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/22/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/28/)