--- title: She left off treating the gnome with coldness and indifference; inde… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She left off treating the gnome with coldness and indifference; indeed, there was a look in her eyes which encouraged him to hope that she might some day return his love, and the idea pleased him mightily. Who acts: princess, look, eyes. 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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 (princess, look, eyes), 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:pg3282:32:25 # text = She left off treating the gnome with coldness and indifference; indeed, there was a look in her eyes which encouraged him to hope that she might some day return his love, and the idea pleased him mightily. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 treating treat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gnome gnome NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 coldness coldness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 indifference indifference NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 15 expl _ _ 15 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 encouraged encourage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 hope hope VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 40 mightily mightily ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave off** | past | princess | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **treat** | gerund | princess *not said here* | | the gnome | | | with coldness and indifference | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent gnome=Recipient with coldness=Theme | | 3 | **be** | past | a look in princess's eyes | | | there | | indeed *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **encourage** | past | princess's eyes | look | | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **hope** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | look *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **return** | might | princess | look's love | | | day | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme | | 7 | **love** | | look | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/26/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/)