--- title: There was not another young lady in the whole town who was as clever… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There was not another young lady in the whole town who was as clever as she was in gnawing through the hardest wood, or who could drop from such a height on to a bed, or run away so fast if anyone was heard coming. Who acts: young lady, whole town, lady, anyone. 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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 (young lady, whole town, lady, anyone), 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:pg3282:17:31 # text = There was not another young lady in the whole town who was as clever as she was in gnawing through the hardest wood, or who could drop from such a height on to a bed, or run away so fast if anyone was heard coming. 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 2 advmod _ _ 4 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nmod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 in in SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 gnawing gnaw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 hardest hard ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 drop drop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 32 det:predet _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 40 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 47 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **be** | past | another young lady in the whole town | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the whole town | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **gnaw** | past · progressive | lady | | | the hardest wood | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **drop** | could | | | | such height | | on a bed | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from height=Destination on bed=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **run away** | present | | | | | | away, fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hear** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | anyone | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | gerund | anyone *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/32/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/)