--- title: At first sight you would not have thought that he was different from… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At first sight you would not have thought that he was different from a thousand other little boys; but then you noticed that by his side hung the scabbard of a sword, and as the boy grew bigger the scabbard grew bigger too. Who acts: you, Boy, scabbard. 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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 (you, Boy, scabbard), 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:pg2435:6:78 # text = At first sight you would not have thought that he was different from a thousand other little boys; but then you noticed that by his side hung the scabbard of a sword, and as the boy grew bigger the scabbard grew bigger too. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 3 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 8 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nsubj _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 28 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 scabbard scabbard NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 40 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 scabbard scabbard NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 xcomp _ _ 45 too too ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | would · perfect | you | | | sight | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Boy | | | | | from other little boys; different *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **notice** | past | you | | | | then | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **hang** | past | | the scabbard of a sword | | | | by Boy's side | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent scabbard=Theme by side=Destination | | 5 | **grow** | past | the boy | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **grow** | past | the scabbard | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/79/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/)