--- title: Indeed, she was not a woman, but a young girl, and her bearing was s… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Indeed, she was not a woman, but a young girl, and her bearing was so gently noble, her look so modestly high, that the champion dared scarcely look at her, although he could not by any means have looked away. Who acts: woman, bearing, champion, any. 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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 (woman, bearing, champion, any), 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:pg2892:34:3 # text = Indeed, she was not a woman, but a young girl, and her bearing was so gently noble, her look so modestly high, that the champion dared scarcely look at her, although he could not by any means have looked away. 1 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 bearing bearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 gently gently ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 modestly modestly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 champion champion NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 32 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 37 although although SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 41 by by SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 43 nsubj _ _ 43 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 46 away away ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | past | woman | a woman but a young girl | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | woman's bearing | | | | | gently, noble *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **dare** | past | the champion | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | at woman; scarcely *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 5 | **not** **mean** | present | any | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look away** | could · perfect | | | | | | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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:** «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Project Gutenberg book 2892 (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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/34/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/34/4/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/34/)