--- title: As they went, the bride stooped and picked a sprig of shamrock, whic… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As they went, the bride stooped and picked a sprig of shamrock, which grew amongst the grass, and when she stood upright again her ugliness had all gone, and the most beautiful woman that ever was seen stood by the king’s side. Who acts: maidens, bride, shamrock, beautiful woman. 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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 (maidens, bride, shamrock, beautiful woman), 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:pg3454:8:132 # text = As they went, the bride stooped and picked a sprig of shamrock, which grew amongst the grass, and when she stood upright again her ugliness had all gone, and the most beautiful woman that ever was seen stood by the king’s side. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stooped stoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sprig sprig NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 shamrock shamrock NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 upright upright ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 ugliness ugliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 all all ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 36 advmod _ _ 36 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 advcl _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 41 advmod _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 xcomp _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | maidens *= maiden* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stoop** | past | the bride | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pick** | past | the bride *not said here* | a sprig of shamrock | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sprig=Patient | | 4 | **grow** | past | shamrock | | | the grass | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme amongst grass=Location | | 5 | **stand** | past | bride | | | | again | upright *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** | past · passive | | the beautiful woman | | | ever | | tree rules | | 7 | **stand** | participle | the beautiful woman *not said here* | | | | | by the king's side | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/133/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/)