--- title: He too was much taken with Lizina, and inquired, on first seeing her… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He too was much taken with Lizina, and inquired, on first seeing her: “Are you well served by this nice, black-eyed little person?” and the cats answered with one voice: “Oh, yes, Father Gatto, we have never had so good a servant!” Who acts: nice eyed little person, cats, we. 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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 (nice eyed little person, cats, we), 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:pg2435:36:22 # text = He too was much taken with Lizina, and inquired, on first seeing her: “Are you well served by this nice, black-eyed little person?” and the cats answered with one voice: “Oh, yes, Father Gatto, we have never had so good a servant!” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Lizina Lizina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 on on SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 advmod _ _ 14 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 21 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 23 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 24 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ? ? PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 “ " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 46 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 42 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 46 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 47 Gatto Gatto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 acl:relcl _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 xcomp _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · passive | | house | | | | with Lizina | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | gerund | | Lizina | | | | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **serve** *in a quote* | present · passive | nice eyed little person | you | | | | well *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Attribute | | 5 | **answer** *speech: express* | past | the cats | | | | | with one voice | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | a servant | | | | good *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/23/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/)