--- title: He caressed her tenderly, throwing himself at her feet and kissing h… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He caressed her tenderly, throwing himself at her feet and kissing her hands, and told her how uneasy he had been in her absence, and how impatient for her return, with an eloquence which charmed her. Who acts: King, eloquence, Miranda. 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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 (King, eloquence, Miranda), 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:pg503:31:78 # text = He caressed her tenderly, throwing himself at her feet and kissing her hands, and told her how uneasy he had been in her absence, and how impatient for her return, with an eloquence which charmed her. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caressed caress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 tenderly tenderly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 kissing kiss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 20 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 30 impatient impatient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 eloquence eloquence NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 charmed charm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **caress** | past | King | Miranda's tenderly | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tenderly=Experiencer | | 2 | **throw** | gerund | King *not said here* | King | | Miranda's feet | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at foot=Destination | | 3 | **kiss** | gerund | King *not said here* | Miranda's hands | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | King *not said here* | | Miranda | | | uneasy *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past · perfect | King | | | Miranda's absence | | | tree rules | | 6 | **charm** | past | a eloquence | Miranda | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 7 | **return** | | Miranda | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/79/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)