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title: Seeing that the waves were rolling in higher than ever, he looked al… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Seeing that the waves were rolling in higher than ever, he looked all round, and presently saw a lovely lady floating gently toward him upon the crest of a huge billow, her long hair spread all about her; in one hand she held a mirror, and in the other a comb, and instead of feet she had a beautiful
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 21

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Seeing that the waves were rolling in higher than ever, he looked all round, and presently saw a lovely lady floating gently toward him upon the crest of a huge billow, her long hair spread all about her; in one hand she held a mirror, and in the other a comb, and instead of feet she had a beautiful tail like a fish, with which she swam.

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**Who acts:** Love, waves, lovely lady, long hair, hair · **What happens:** see, roll, look, float, spread, hold · **To what, where:** higher, lovely lady, crest, mirror, one hand, beautiful tail

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Love, waves, lovely lady, long hair), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:7:21
# text = Seeing that the waves were rolling in higher than ever, he looked all round, and presently saw a lovely lady floating gently toward him upon the crest of a huge billow, her long hair spread all about her; in one hand she held a mirror, and in the other a comb, and instead of feet she had a beautiful tail like a fish, with which she swam.
1	Seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	obl	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	all	all	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	round	round	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
23	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	22	acl	_	_
24	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
25	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	_
27	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	crest	crest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	billow	billow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
36	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
38	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
39	all	all	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
40	about	about	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	45	nummod	_	_
45	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
46	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
59	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	61	case	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	fixed	_	_
61	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	obl	_	_
62	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
63	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
64	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	_
67	like	like	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
71	with	with	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	74	obl	_	_
73	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	nsubj	_	_
74	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | gerund | Love *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **roll** | past · progressive | the waves |  |  | higher |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in high=Trajectory |
| 3 | **look** | past | Love |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **see** | past |  | a lovely lady |  |  |  | presently *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus |
| 5 | **float** | gerund | a lovely lady *not said here* |  |  | the crest of a huge billow |  | toward Love; gently *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme toward he=Source upon crest=Trajectory |
| 6 | **spread** | past | voice's long hair |  |  |  |  | about voice; all *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about she=Location |
| 7 | **hold** | past | hair | a mirror |  | one hand |  | a other comb *obl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mirror=Theme in hand=Location |
| 8 | **have** | past | hair | a beautiful tail |  |  |  | instead feet; like a fish | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |
| 9 | **swim** | past | hair |  |  |  |  |  | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with which=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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