--- title: The words make her look round--she had seen no black casket, but as… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The words make her look round--she had seen no black casket, but as the cats continued their cry she peered into several corners that had remained unnoticed, and at length discovered a little black box, so small and so black, that it might easily have been passed over. Who acts: words, girl, cats. 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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 (words, girl, cats), 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:pg3027:11:6 # text = The words make her look round--she had seen no black casket, but as the cats continued their cry she peered into several corners that had remained unnoticed, and at length discovered a little black box, so small and so black, that it might easily have been passed over. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 round round ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 12 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 casket casket NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 peered peer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 unnoticed unnoticed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 35 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 parataxis _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 50 easily easily ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux _ _ 52 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 54 over over ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | the words | girl | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look round** | infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | girl | no black casket | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer casket=Stimulus | | 4 | **continue** | past | the cats | cats's cry | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent cry=Theme | | 5 | **peer** | past | girl | | | | | into several corners | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into corner=Theme | | 6 | **remain** | past · perfect · passive | | several corners | | | | unnoticed *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 7 | **discover** | past | | a little black box | | length | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Topic | | 8 | **pass over** | might · perfect · passive | | box | | | | easily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 9 | **cry** | | cats *= cat* | | | | | | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/7/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/11/)