--- title: She had long ago learned how clever and how wicked he was, and somet… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She had long ago learned how clever and how wicked he was, and something whispered to her that it was he who would gain the credit of having carried back the sword, and would claim her as his bride, though he had never even entered her chamber. Who acts: evil, something, window, credit. 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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 (evil, something, window, credit), 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:pg3282:18:90 # text = She had long ago learned how clever and how wicked he was, and something whispered to her that it was he who would gain the credit of having carried back the sword, and would claim her as his bride, though he had never even entered her chamber. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 ago ago ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 16 nsubj _ _ 16 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 credit credit NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 aux _ _ 30 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 claim claim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 though though SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 46 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 47 even even ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past | evil | | | | | ago *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | evil *not said here* | | | | | wicked *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | something | | evil | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient how S\_INF»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** | would · past | window | | | | | gain *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **carry back** | gerund · perfect | the credit *not said here* | the sword | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 6 | **claim** *speech: other* | would | evil *not said here* | evil | | | | as king's bride | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 7 | **have** | past | king | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **enter** | past | king *not said here* | evil's chamber | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chamber=Destination | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/91/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/18/)