--- title: Look at this beautiful portrait, the original of which was the cause… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Look at this beautiful portrait, the original of which was the cause of all my misfortunes, and if you wish to help me, go without a moment’s delay to the great gallery, notice where the sun’s rays fall most brightly, and if you seek there you will find my treasure.’ Who acts: you, original, rays, s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/59/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Golden Branch, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/) / 59 # The Red Fairy Book, The Golden Branch, part 1, sentence 59 Look at this beautiful portrait, the original of which was the cause of all my misfortunes, and if you wish to help me, go without a moment’s delay to the great gallery, notice where the sun’s rays fall most brightly, and if you seek there you will find my treasure.’ **Who acts:** you, original, rays, sun, my · **What happens:** look, be, wish, help, go, notice · **To what, where:** cause, me, treasure This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Branch, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, original, rays, sun), 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:pg540:34:59 # text = Look at this beautiful portrait, the original of which was the cause of all my misfortunes, and if you wish to help me, go without a moment’s delay to the great gallery, notice where the sun’s rays fall most brightly, and if you seek there you will find my treasure.’ 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 original original NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 27 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 28 without without ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 gallery gallery NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 notice notice VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 45 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 46 advmod _ _ 46 brightly brightly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 49 if if SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 advcl _ _ 52 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 56 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | at this beautiful portrait | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at portrait=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | the original | the cause | | | | of my misfortunes | tree rules | | 3 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | without a moment's delay to the great gallery | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **notice** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **fall** | present | the sun's rays | | | | | brightly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **seek** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | there | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **find** | future | you | my treasure | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Topic | | 10 | **ray** | | the sun | | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **treasure** | | my | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: 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 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/60/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/)