--- title: Veils, girdles, and necklaces were tried on and admired, the imitati… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Veils, girdles, and necklaces were tried on and admired, the imitation Brunhilda knew so well how to behave herself, and showed so much taste that nobody would ever have suspected that she was nothing but a turnip after all. Who acts: Veils, friend. 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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 (Veils, friend), 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:pg3282:31:49 # text = Veils, girdles, and necklaces were tried on and admired, the imitation Brunhilda knew so well how to behave herself, and showed so much taste that nobody would ever have suspected that she was nothing but a turnip after all. 1 Veils veil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 girdles girdle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 necklaces necklace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 9 on on ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 admired admire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 imitation imitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 Brunhilda Brunhilda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 16 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 18 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 behave behave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 22 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 30 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 34 advmod _ _ 33 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux _ _ 34 suspected suspect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 34 advcl _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 turnip turnip NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 after after ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try on** | past · passive | | necklaces | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **admire** | participle | | the imitation | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer imitation=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | past | Veils and girdles | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **behave** | to-infinitive | | friend | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **show** | past | Veils and girdles *not said here* | much taste | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent taste=Recipient | | 6 | **suspect** | would · perfect · passive | | nobody | | | ever | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme that=Attribute | | 7 | **is a** | past | friend | nothing | | | | | tree rules | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/50/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/31/)