--- title: However, she was so enchanted at the words of the crab that she smil… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, she was so enchanted at the words of the crab that she smiled sweetly and held out her hand; it was taken, not by the crab, which had stood there only a moment before, but by a little old woman smartly dressed in white and crimson with green ribbons in her grey hair. Who acts: queen, crab. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/39/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/) / 39 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 22, sentence 39 However, she was so enchanted at the words of the crab that she smiled sweetly and held out her hand; it was taken, not by the crab, which had stood there only a moment before, but by a little old woman smartly dressed in white and crimson with green ribbons in her grey hair. **Who acts:** queen, crab · **What happens:** enchant, smile, hold out, take, stand, dress · **To what, where:** queen, words, hand, it, crab, white This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (queen, crab), 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:pg3027:22:39 # text = However, she was so enchanted at the words of the crab that she smiled sweetly and held out her hand; it was taken, not by the crab, which had stood there only a moment before, but by a little old woman smartly dressed in white and crimson with green ribbons in her grey hair. 1 However however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 16 sweetly sweetly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 35 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 before before ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 47 smartly smartly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 crimson crimson ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 ribbons ribbon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 58 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | past · passive | | queen | | the words of the crab | | however *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **smile** | past | queen | | | | | sweetly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hold out** | past | queen *not said here* | queen's hand | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past · passive | the crab | it | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 5 | **stand** | past · perfect · passive | | the crab | | there | moment | before *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **dress** | participle | | | | white | | by a little old woman; smartly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **word** | | | the crab | | | | | nom word «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 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/40/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/)