--- title: But the peacocks, who were sitting upon every tree waiting to salute… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the peacocks, who were sitting upon every tree waiting to salute her, and who had made up their minds to cry, ‘Long live our beautiful Queen!’ when they caught sight of the false bride could not help crying instead: Who acts: peacocks, ladies, sight. 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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 (peacocks, ladies, sight), 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:pg540:11:160 # text = But the peacocks, who were sitting upon every tree waiting to salute her, and who had made up their minds to cry, ‘Long live our beautiful Queen!’ when they caught sight of the false bride could not help crying instead: 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 peacocks peacock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 salute salute VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 28 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 29 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 34 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 37 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 45 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 xcomp _ _ 46 instead instead ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | the peacocks | | | every tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon tree=Location | | 2 | **wait** | gerund | the peacocks *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **salute** | to-infinitive | the peacocks *not said here* | tree | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 4 | **make up** | past · perfect | | ladies's minds | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **live** | present | | our beautiful Queen | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **catch** | past | ladies *= lady* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **help** | could | sight of the false bride | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **cry** *speech: express* *not said to happen* | gerund | sight of the false bride *not said here* | | | | | instead *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **mind** | | ladies *= lady* | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **sight** | | | the false bride | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/159/) - next →: [sentence 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/161/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)