--- title: She looked round till she saw a small stone above her which seemed r… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She looked round till she saw a small stone above her which seemed rather stronger than the rest, and by only poising her foot lightly on those that lay between, she managed by a great effort to reach it. Who acts: princess, small stone. 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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 (princess, small stone), 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:pg3282:26:20 # text = She looked round till she saw a small stone above her which seemed rather stronger than the rest, and by only poising her foot lightly on those that lay between, she managed by a great effort to reach it. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 till till SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 above above ADP IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 rather rather ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 xcomp _ _ 16 than than ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 21 by by SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 poising poise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 lightly lightly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 obl _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 between between ADP IN _ 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look round** | past | princess | | | | | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | princess | a small stone | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stone=Stimulus | | 3 | **seem** | past | a small stone | | | | | strong *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **poise** | gerund | princess *not said here* | princess's foot | | those | | lightly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **lie** | past | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **manage** | past | princess | | | | | by a great effort | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **reach** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | stone | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/21/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/)