--- title: A sad look came on her face, as she saw it was no use, and at last s… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A sad look came on her face, as she saw it was no use, and at last she gave it up, and lifting his arm, wrote her name across the side--‘the daughter of the king of the town under the waves.’ Who acts: sad look, look, lad. 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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 (sad look, look, lad), 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:pg3454:16:103 # text = A sad look came on her face, as she saw it was no use, and at last she gave it up, and lifting his arm, wrote her name across the side--‘the daughter of the king of the town under the waves.’ 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 obl _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 30 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 across across ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 under under ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a sad look | | | look's face | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on face=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | look | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | lad | no use | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give up** | past | look | lad | | last | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source | | 5 | **lift** | gerund | | robber's arm | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 6 | **write** | past | | look's name | | the side | | under the waves; the daughter of the king of the town *obl* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 7 | **name** | | look | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/104/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/)