--- title: “Dear me, how dull it is here!” said the lion one afternoon, when th… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Dear me, how dull it is here!” said the lion one afternoon, when the rain was pouring down in such torrents that, however sharp your eyes or your nose might be, you could not spy a single bird or beast among the bushes. Who acts: it, lion, rain, you. 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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 (it, lion, rain, you), 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:pg3282:29:1 # text = “Dear me, how dull it is here!” said the lion one afternoon, when the rain was pouring down in such torrents that, however sharp your eyes or your nose might be, you could not spy a single bird or beast among the bushes. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 pouring pour VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 23 down down ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 torrents torrent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 however however ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 spy spy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 among among ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the lion | | | | afternoon | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pour down** | past · progressive | the rain | | | such torrents | | down *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 4 | **not** **spy** | could | you | a single bird or beast | | | | among the bushes | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus | 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: [The Brown Fairy Book, part 28, 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/112/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/2/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/)