--- title: Greatly he loved races, and sore was his heart to think that one sho… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Greatly he loved races, and sore was his heart to think that one should be run without his seeing it, so when he beheld a woman whom he did not know coming along the street, hope sprang up in him. Who acts: stranger, sore, hope. 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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 (stranger, sore, hope), 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:pg3454:37:2 # text = Greatly he loved races, and sore was his heart to think that one should be run without his seeing it, so when he beheld a woman whom he did not know coming along the street, hope sprang up in him. 1 Greatly greatly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 races race NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 sore sore NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 18 without without SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 xcomp _ _ 35 along along ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | stranger | races | | | | greatly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer race=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | past | sore | stranger's heart | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | stranger *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **run** | should · passive | | one | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 5 | **see** | gerund | stranger | race | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **behold** | past | stranger | a woman | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | stranger | a woman | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | gerund | stranger *not said here* | | | the street | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme along street=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **spring up** | past | hope | | | | | in stranger | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in he=Location | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/3/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)