--- title: Her teeth were like rows of pearls; her lips for all the world looke… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Her teeth were like rows of pearls; her lips for all the world looked like red coral; and she had a shining gown pale green as the hollow of the wave, with little rows of purple and red seaweeds settled out upon it; for you never yet saw a lady, under the water or over the water, who had not a good --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/46/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/) / 46 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18, sentence 46 Her teeth were like rows of pearls; her lips for all the world looked like red coral; and she had a shining gown pale green as the hollow of the wave, with little rows of purple and red seaweeds settled out upon it; for you never yet saw a lady, under the water or over the water, who had not a good notion of dressing herself out. **Who acts:** teeth, lips, heaven, you, water, good notion · **What happens:** be, look, have, shine, settle out, not see · **To what, where:** shining gown, purple seaweeds, lady, water, heaven This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (teeth, lips, heaven, you), 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:pg3454:18:46 # text = Her teeth were like rows of pearls; her lips for all the world looked like red coral; and she had a shining gown pale green as the hollow of the wave, with little rows of purple and red seaweeds settled out upon it; for you never yet saw a lady, under the water or over the water, who had not a good notion of dressing herself out. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 16 like like ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 coral coral NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 gown gown NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 hollow hollow NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 42 seaweeds seaweed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 43 settled settle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 upon upon ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 51 yet yet ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 under under ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 59 or or CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 over over ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 64 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 69 nsubj _ _ 65 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 66 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 notion notion NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ _ 70 of of SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 71 dressing dress VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 69 acl _ _ 72 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 71 obj _ _ 73 out out ADP RP _ 71 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | heaven's teeth | | | | | like rows; of pearls | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | past | heaven's lips for all world | | | | | like red coral | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** | past | heaven | a shining gown | | | | as the hollow of the wave; with little rows of purple seaweeds; green *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gown=Patient | | 4 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **settle out** | participle | | purple seaweeds *not said here* | | | | upon hollow | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **see** | past | you | a lady | | the water or the water and a good notion | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **notion** | past | the water or the water and a good notion | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **dress out** | gerund | a good notion *not said here* | heaven | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/47/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/)