--- title: No one was about, so she ventured to peep in, and her surprise was i… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No one was about, so she ventured to peep in, and her surprise was increased at seeing, heaped up in one corner, a quantity of food of all sorts, while a little robin redbreast stood perched on a beam looking down upon her. Who acts: one, girl. 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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 (one, girl), 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:pg3282:8:5 # text = No one was about, so she ventured to peep in, and her surprise was increased at seeing, heaped up in one corner, a quantity of food of all sorts, while a little robin redbreast stood perched on a beam looking down upon her. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ventured venture VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 peep peep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 increased increase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 18 at at SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 heaped heap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 robin robin NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 redbreast redbreast NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 perched perch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 beam beam NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 46 down down ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | no one | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **venture** | past | girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **peep** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **increase** | past · passive | | girl's surprise | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **see** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **heap up** | participle | | | | one corner and a quantity of food of all sorts | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in corner=Destination | | 7 | **perch** | past · passive | | a little robin redbreast | | a beam | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on beam=Destination | | 8 | **look down** | gerund | | | | | | upon girl; down *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon she=Theme | | 9 | **surprise** | | girl | | | | | | nom surprise «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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/6/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/8/)