--- title: “Loveliest of maidens,” he stammered, bowing low before her, “let me… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Loveliest of maidens,” he stammered, bowing low before her, “let me gaze into your dear eyes, and read in them that you will no longer refuse my love, but will make me the happiest being the sun shines upon.” Who acts: Loveliest, you, happiest sun, my. 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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 (Loveliest, you, happiest sun, my), 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:pg3282:32:29 # text = “Loveliest of maidens,” he stammered, bowing low before her, “let me gaze into your dear eyes, and read in them that you will no longer refuse my love, but will make me the happiest being the sun shines upon.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Loveliest lovely ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stammered stammer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 bowing bow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 low low ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 gaze gaze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 no no ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 33 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 happiest happy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 amod _ _ 43 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 cop _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 shines shine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 46 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stammer** *speech: other* | past | Loveliest of maidens | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bow** | gerund | Loveliest of maidens *not said here* | | | | before hair | low *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before she=Location | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Loveliest of maidens *= lovely* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **gaze** *in a quote* | infinitive | Loveliest of maidens *= lovely* *not said here* | | | | | into your dear eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into eye=Theme | | 5 | **read** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | in eyes *= eye* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **refuse** *in a quote* | future | you | my love | | | | long *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | future | | Loveliest of maidens *= lovely* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | gerund | | the happiest sun | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **shine upon** *in a quote* | present | the happiest sun | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **love** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/30/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/)