--- title: But the picture was placed so that if the door opened you gazed stra… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the picture was placed so that if the door opened you gazed straight upon it, and it was so beautifully painted that you imagined it lived and moved, and that it was the most lovable and beautiful thing in the whole world. Who acts: door, you. 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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 (door, you), 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:pg503:41:14 # text = But the picture was placed so that if the door opened you gazed straight upon it, and it was so beautifully painted that you imagined it lived and moved, and that it was the most lovable and beautiful thing in the whole world. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 11 mark _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 14 straight straight ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 beautifully beautifully ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 imagined imagine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 37 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 38 advmod _ _ 38 lovable lovable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 41 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past · passive | | the picture | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **open** | past | the door | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **gaze** | past | you | | | | | upon door | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon it=Theme | | 4 | **paint** | past · passive | | door | | | | beautifully *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 5 | **imagine** | past | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **live** | past | door | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **move** | past | door *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | past | door | the lovable thing | | the whole world | | | tree rules | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/15/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)