--- title: On it was written in diamond letters: “Jewels for the Bride,” and wh… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On it was written in diamond letters: “Jewels for the Bride,” and when they opened it, which they did as soon as it was found, there seemed to be no end to the pretty things it contained. Who acts: jewels, set. 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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 (jewels, set), 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:pg503:31:73 # text = On it was written in diamond letters: “Jewels for the Bride,” and when they opened it, which they did as soon as it was found, there seemed to be no end to the pretty things it contained. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 appos _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Bride Bride PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 as as ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past · passive | | set | | diamond letters | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in letter=Destination | | 2 | **open** | past | jewels *= jewel* | set | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past | jewels *= jewel* | | | | | soon *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 4 | **find** | past · passive | | set | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **seem** | past | | | | there | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | no end | | | | to the pretty things | tree rules | | 7 | **contain** | past | set | the pretty things *not said here* | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | 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/pg503/31/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/74/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)