--- title: He gave one to each of the sisters, and they took them without even… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He gave one to each of the sisters, and they took them without even deigning to look at the lad, except Lina the youngest, who fixed her large black eyes as soft as velvet on him, and exclaimed, ‘Oh, how pretty he is—our new flower boy!’ Who acts: Michael, sisters. 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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 (Michael, sisters), 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:pg540:2:35 # text = He gave one to each of the sisters, and they took them without even deigning to look at the lad, except Lina the youngest, who fixed her large black eyes as soft as velvet on him, and exclaimed, ‘Oh, how pretty he is—our new flower boy!’ 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 without without SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 even even ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 deigning deign VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 except except ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Lina Lina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 fixed fix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 31 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 44 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 50 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 48 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 51 — - PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 53 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 54 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Michael | one | each | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Theme to each=Recipient | | 2 | **take** | past | sisters *= sister* | princesses *= princess* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument they=Theme young=Destination | | 3 | **deign** | gerund | sisters *= sister* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | sisters *= sister* *not said here* | | | | | at the lad | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at lad=Theme | | 5 | **fix** | past | | Lina's large black eyes | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 6 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | Michael *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | present | | our new flower boy | | | | | 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 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/36/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Dancing Princesses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/2/)