--- title: She was overjoyed at the sight of her sister and of Paul, and brough… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She was overjoyed at the sight of her sister and of Paul, and brought him a shirt belonging to the dragon, which made every one who wore it twice as strong as they were before. Who acts: shirt, dragon, one, surprise. 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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 (shirt, dragon, one, surprise), 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:pg2435:31:81 # text = She was overjoyed at the sight of her sister and of Paul, and brought him a shirt belonging to the dragon, which made every one who wore it twice as strong as they were before. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 overjoyed overjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Paul Paul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 33 advmod _ _ 32 as as ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 before before ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overjoy** | past · passive | | girl | | the sight of girl's sister and Paul | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | past | | a shirt | Paul | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination shirt=Theme | | 3 | **belong** | gerund | a shirt *not said here* | | | | | to the dragon | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | the dragon | every one | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Product | | 5 | **wear** | past | every one | shirt | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | surprise | | | | | before *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sight** | | | girl's sister and Paul | | | | | nom sight «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:** «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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/82/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/)