--- title: High and low they looked for it, but nowhere could they find it, and… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: High and low they looked for it, but nowhere could they find it, and the farmer, who had come to see his daughter, was greatly grieved, as he feared it might be thought that he had stolen it, because he did not want the hoodie for a son-in-law. Who acts: wings, farmer. 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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 (wings, farmer), 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:pg3454:36:103 # text = High and low they looked for it, but nowhere could they find it, and the farmer, who had come to see his daughter, was greatly grieved, as he feared it might be thought that he had stolen it, because he did not want the hoodie for a son-in-law. 1 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 29 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 ccomp _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 because because SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 hoodie hoodie NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 54 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | wings *= wing* | | | | | for house | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme | | 2 | **find** | could | wings *= wing* | house | | | | nowhere *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past · perfect | the farmer | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* | farmer's daughter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus | | 5 | **grieve** | past · passive | | the farmer | | | | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 6 | **fear** | past | farmer | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | might · passive | | house | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 8 | **steal** | past · perfect | farmer | house | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 9 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | farmer | the hoodie | | | | for a law | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hoodie=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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/104/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/)