--- title: This whistle has been known to bring the dead back to life, and I ho… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This whistle has been known to bring the dead back to life, and I hoped--’ here he buried his face in his hands again, but peeping between his fingers he saw that the brother had opened their six eyes as wide as saucers. Who acts: I, pair. 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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 (I, pair), 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:pg3454:12:52 # text = This whistle has been known to bring the dead back to life, and I hoped--’ here he buried his face in his hands again, but peeping between his fingers he saw that the brother had opened their six eyes as wide as saucers. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 19 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 27 again again ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 peeping peep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 csubj _ _ 31 between between ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 ccomp _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 44 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 advcl _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 saucers saucer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present · perfect · passive | | this whistle | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | | the dead back | | life | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent back=Theme to life=Destination | | 3 | **hope** | past | I | | | here | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **bury** | past | pair | pair's face | | pair's hands | again | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Theme in hand=Destination | | 5 | **peep** | gerund | | | | | | between pair's fingers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent between finger=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past | pair | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **open** | past · perfect · passive | | the brother | | | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme eye=Destination | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/53/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/12/)