--- title: Her mother and sister, who were in front of their house, uttered cri… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Her mother and sister, who were in front of their house, uttered cries of admiration and astonishment when they saw her, and their cries became still louder when Lizina, taking her handkerchief from her pocket, drew out also a handful of gold. Who acts: mother, cries, admiration. 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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 (mother, cries, admiration), 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:pg2435:36:43 # text = Her mother and sister, who were in front of their house, uttered cries of admiration and astonishment when they saw her, and their cries became still louder when Lizina, taking her handkerchief from her pocket, drew out also a handful of gold. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 still still ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 xcomp _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 32 Lizina Lizina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 also also ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | donkey's mother and sister and uttered cries of admiration and astonishment | | | front | | of mother's house | tree rules | | 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | donkey's mother and sister and uttered cries of admiration and astonishment | donkey | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **become** | past | mother's cries | | | | | loud *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **take** | gerund | mother's cries *not said here* | Lizina's handkerchief | | Lizina's pocket | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Theme from pocket=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **draw out** | past | donkey's mother and sister and uttered cries of admiration and astonishment *not said here* | a handful of gold | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme | | 7 | **cry** | | admiration and astonishment | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **cry** | | mother | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/44/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/)