--- title: But there was nothing; only, on the other side, he saw two girls coo… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But there was nothing; only, on the other side, he saw two girls cooking, and though he shouted to them at the top of his voice, they were too far off to hear what he said. Who acts: nothing, cat, girls, two girls. 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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 (nothing, cat, girls, two girls), 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:pg3282:29:32 # text = But there was nothing; only, on the other side, he saw two girls cooking, and though he shouted to them at the top of his voice, they were too far off to hear what he said. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 though though SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 too too ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 36 off off ADV RB _ 14 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | nothing | | | the other side; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | cat | two girls's cooking | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cooking=Stimulus | | 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | cat | | girls *= girl* | the top of cat's voice | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | past | girls *= girl* | | | | | far, off *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** | to-infinitive | girls *= girl* *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | cat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 7 | **cook** | | two girls | | | | | | nom cooking «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/33/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/)