--- title: Her hair, black as ebony, was spread across the pillows, making her… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Her hair, black as ebony, was spread across the pillows, making her face look ivory white, and the Prince noticed that she was unquiet; and when he softly advanced, fearing to wake her, he could hear her sigh, and murmur to herself: Who acts: Prince, hair. 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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 (Prince, hair), 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:pg540:34:67 # text = Her hair, black as ebony, was spread across the pillows, making her face look ivory white, and the Prince noticed that she was unquiet; and when he softly advanced, fearing to wake her, he could hear her sigh, and murmur to herself: 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ebony ebony ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 across across ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pillows pillow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 18 ivory ivory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 unquiet unquiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 when when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 softly softly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 advanced advanced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 wake wake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 sigh sigh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 murmur murmur NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past · passive | | lady's hair | | the pillows | | murmur to lady *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **make** | gerund | | lady's face | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset face=Product | | 3 | **look** | present | | | | | | white *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **notice** | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | hair | | | | | unquiet *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **fear** | gerund | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **wake** | to-infinitive | | hair | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 8 | **hear** | could | prince | hair | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **sigh** | infinitive | hair *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/68/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/)