--- title: Then a bracelet which was hanging from a chandelier caught her eye,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then a bracelet which was hanging from a chandelier caught her eye, and on taking it down she was greatly surprised to find that it held a portrait of her unknown admirer, just as she had seen him in her dream. Who acts: bracelet, Beast. 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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 (bracelet, Beast), 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:pg503:15:73 # text = Then a bracelet which was hanging from a chandelier caught her eye, and on taking it down she was greatly surprised to find that it held a portrait of her unknown admirer, just as she had seen him in her dream. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bracelet bracelet NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chandelier chandelier NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 15 on on SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 csubj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 down down ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 admirer admirer NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 just just ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | past · progressive | a bracelet | | | a chandelier | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **catch** | past | a bracelet | Beast's eye | | | then | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 3 | **take down** | gerund | | bracelet | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | Beast | | | | | greatly, surprised *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive | Beast *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **hold** | past | bracelet | a portrait of Beast's unknown admirer | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portrait=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past · perfect | Beast | first | | Beast's dream | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **portray** | | | Beast's unknown admirer | | | | | nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **dream** | | Beast | | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/74/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/)