--- title: You might have walked a whole day without meeting anyone happier or… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: You might have walked a whole day without meeting anyone happier or more contented, for he had a large farm, plenty of money, and above all, a daughter called Barbaik, the most graceful dancer and the best-dressed girl in the whole country side. Who acts: You, man. 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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 (You, man), 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:pg3454:37:16 # text = You might have walked a whole day without meeting anyone happier or more contented, for he had a large farm, plenty of money, and above all, a daughter called Barbaik, the most graceful dancer and the best-dressed girl in the whole country side. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 without without SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 meeting meet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 10 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obj _ _ 11 happier happy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 xcomp _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 conj _ _ 14 contented content VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 above above ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 Barbaik Barbaik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 38 advmod _ _ 38 graceful graceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 dancer dancer NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 45 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | might · perfect | You | | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | gerund | You *not said here* | anyone | | | | happy *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Co-Agent | | 3 | **content** | participle | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **have** | past | man | a large farm and plenty of money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Patient | | 5 | **call** | participle | | a daughter *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **dress** | participle | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/17/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)