--- title: The sight of the maiden so pleased the gnome that, for the first tim… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The sight of the maiden so pleased the gnome that, for the first time, he wished himself a mortal; and, longing for a better view of the gay company, he changed himself into a raven and perched upon an oaktree which overhung the brook. Who acts: sight, oaktree. 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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 (sight, oaktree), 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:pg3282:31:4 # text = The sight of the maiden so pleased the gnome that, for the first time, he wished himself a mortal; and, longing for a better view of the gay company, he changed himself into a raven and perched upon an oaktree which overhung the brook. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gnome gnome NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 19 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 mortal mortal NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 longing long VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 amod _ _ 29 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 perched perch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 43 upon upon ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 oaktree oaktree NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 overhung overhang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | sight | the pleased gnome | | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **long** | gerund | sight *not said here* | | | | | for a better view of the gay company | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for view=Theme | | 3 | **change** | past | sight | sight | | | | into a raven *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into raven=Result | | 4 | **perch** | participle | sight *not said here* | | | a oaktree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon oaktree=Location | | 5 | **overhang** | past | a oaktree | the brook | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brook=Co-Theme | | 6 | **sight** | | | the maiden | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **view** | | | the gay company | | | | | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/5/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/)