--- title: The nurse went, and was struck with amazement at the sun-like radian… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The nurse went, and was struck with amazement at the sun-like radiance of his face; she salaamed and said: “O youth! welcome! the lady of the garden calls you; come!” Who acts: nurse, girl, lady, face. 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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 (nurse, girl, lady, face), 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:pg3282:3:9 # text = The nurse went, and was struck with amazement at the sun-like radiance of his face; she salaamed and said: “O youth! welcome! the lady of the garden calls you; come!” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 radiance radiance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 salaamed salaam VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 O o INTJ UH _ 27 discourse _ _ 27 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ 29 welcome welcome INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ! ! PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the nurse | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **strike** | past · passive | the nurse *not said here* | | | | | with amazement; at the like radiance of nurse's face | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: with amazement=Instrument at radiance=Patient | | 3 | **salaam** | past | girl | | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the nurse *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **call** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the lady of the garden | | you | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **radiate** | | nurse's face | | | | | | nom radiance «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/10/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/)