--- title: The old man got up, rubbed his eyes, and went to see what it was, wh… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old man got up, rubbed his eyes, and went to see what it was, when, to his surprise and joy, it proved to be a little girl about two years old, with a skin as pink and white as the roses above her. Who acts: old man, bank, hermit. 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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 (old man, bank, hermit), 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:pg2435:9:95 # text = The old man got up, rubbed his eyes, and went to see what it was, when, to his surprise and joy, it proved to be a little girl about two years old, with a skin as pink and white as the roses above her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ _ 34 about about ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 pink pink ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 49 above above ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | the old man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **rub** | past | the old man *not said here* | hermit's eyes | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | the old man *not said here* | | | | | to hermit's surprise and joy | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | past | bank | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **prove** | past | bank | | | | | with a skin; as the roses; above girl | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent as rose=Attribute | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive | bank *not said here* | a little girl | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **surprise** | | hermit | | | | | | nom surprise «feeling transitive»: 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/96/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/)