--- title: The naughty boy had managed to change his voice, so that she did not… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The naughty boy had managed to change his voice, so that she did not know it for his, and he had concealed himself so well that, though she peered about all round her, she could see no one. Who acts: Crow, suddenness. 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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 (Crow, suddenness), 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:pg3454:1:79 # text = The naughty boy had managed to change his voice, so that she did not know it for his, and he had concealed himself so well that, though she peered about all round her, she could see no one. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 16 mark _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 concealed conceal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 though though SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 peered peer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 about about ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 all all ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 round round ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **manage** | past · perfect · passive | | the naughty boy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **change** | to-infinitive | | suddenness's voice | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient | | 3 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Crow | voice | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **conceal** | past · perfect | suddenness | suddenness | | | | well *property* | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 5 | **peer** | past | Crow | | | | | round path | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent round she=Theme | | 6 | **see** | could | Crow | no one | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/80/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/1/)