--- title: The young man tried to win a smile from her by telling of all the be… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young man tried to win a smile from her by telling of all the beautiful things she should have as his wife, but Tephany did not listen to him, and looked about to see if there was any means by which she could escape. Who acts: young man, priest, Tephany. 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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 (young man, priest, Tephany), 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:pg3454:33:14 # text = The young man tried to win a smile from her by telling of all the beautiful things she should have as his wife, but Tephany did not listen to him, and looked about to see if there was any means by which she could escape. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 11 by by SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 Tephany Tephany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 about about ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 nsubj _ _ 41 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 42 nsubj _ _ 42 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obl _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | the young man | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **win** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the young man *not said here* | a smile | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent smile=Beneficiary her=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the young man *not said here* | | | | | of all beautiful things | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | should | priest | all beautiful things *not said here* | | | | as man's wife | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | | 5 | **not** **listen** | past · do-support | Tephany | | man | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme | | 6 | **look** | past | the young man *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | the young man *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **escape** | could | Tephany | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/15/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/33/)