--- title: There was not a spot round about which they did not search, thinking… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There was not a spot round about which they did not search, thinking that somehow the child might have got out of the pail and hidden itself for fun; but the little girl was not there, and there was no sign of her. Who acts: spot, men, child, little girl. 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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 (spot, men, child, little girl), 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:pg2435:9:100 # text = There was not a spot round about which they did not search, thinking that somehow the child might have got out of the pail and hidden itself for fun; but the little girl was not there, and there was no sign of her. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 round round ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 16 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux _ _ 21 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 22 out out ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 pail pail NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 28 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 42 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 44 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a spot | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **search** | past · do-support | men *= man* | | | | | about a spot | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about which=Location | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **get out** | might · perfect | the child | | | | | of the pail; out, somehow *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of pail=Source | | 5 | **hide** | participle | the child *not said here* | spot | | | | for fun | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient | | 6 | **not** **is** | past | the little girl | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | past | no sign of girl | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sign** | | | girl | | | | | nom sign «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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/101/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/)