--- title: Soon the neighbours whispered their surprise among themselves, for T… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Soon the neighbours whispered their surprise among themselves, for Tephany had not been able to resist the pleasure of putting the feather in her hair for some of the people who despised her for her poor clothes, and many were the jokes she made about them. 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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 (neighbours, Tephany, pleasure, people), 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:pg3454:32:89 # text = Soon the neighbours whispered their surprise among themselves, for Tephany had not been able to resist the pleasure of putting the feather in her hair for some of the people who despised her for her poor clothes, and many were the jokes she made about them. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 Tephany Tephany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 15 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 resist resist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 putting put VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 despised despise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 41 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 jokes joke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 47 about about ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the neighbours | neighbours's surprise | | | | among neighbours *= neighbour*; soon *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surprise=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is** | past · perfect | Tephany | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **resist** | to-infinitive | Tephany *not said here* | the pleasure | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | gerund | the pleasure *not said here* | the feather | | Tephany's hair | | for some | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent feather=Theme in hair=Destination | | 5 | **despise** | past | the people | Tephany | | | | for Tephany's poor clothes | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus for clothes=Attribute | | 6 | **is a** | past | | the many jokes | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | past | the many jokes | | | | | about neighbours *= neighbour* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **surprise** | | neighbours *= neighbour* | | | | | | 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 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/90/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/)