--- title: Well, they walked on easy, and the poor hearts beating in both their… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Well, they walked on easy, and the poor hearts beating in both their breasts; and though he could see nothing, he heard a faint jingle and trampling and rustling, and at last he got the push that she promised. Who acts: women, poor hearts, court, chance. 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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 (women, poor hearts, court, chance), 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:pg3454:6:125 # text = Well, they walked on easy, and the poor hearts beating in both their breasts; and though he could see nothing, he heard a faint jingle and trampling and rustling, and at last he got the push that she promised. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 both both DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 breasts breast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 19 though though SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 23 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 jingle jingle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 trampling trampling NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 rustling rustling NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 push push NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | women *= woman* | | | easy | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on easy=Trajectory | | 2 | **beat** | gerund | the poor hearts | | | women's breasts | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in breast=Location | | 3 | **see** | could | court | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 4 | **hear** | past | court | a faint jingle and trampling and rustling | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer jingle=Stimulus | | 5 | **get** | past | court | the push | | last | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent push=Theme at last=Asset | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | chance | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/126/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/)