--- title: She looked out over the country the first thing, but seeing nothing… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She looked out over the country the first thing, but seeing nothing she sat down to rest a little, and accidentally leant back against the wall which Curlicue, or rather Prince Peerless, had so hastily mended. Who acts: Stalk, Curlicue. 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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 (Stalk, Curlicue), 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:pg540:35:41 # text = She looked out over the country the first thing, but seeing nothing she sat down to rest a little, and accidentally leant back against the wall which Curlicue, or rather Prince Peerless, had so hastily mended. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 csubj _ _ 13 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 12 obj _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 down down ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 accidentally accidentally ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 leant leant VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 against against ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 30 det _ _ 30 Curlicue curlicue NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 33 rather rather ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:desc _ _ 35 Peerless Peerless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 mended mend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look out** | past | Stalk | the first thing | | the country | | out *property* | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | gerund | | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 3 | **sit down** | past | Stalk | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rest** | to-infinitive | Stalk *not said here* | a little | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location little=Theme | | 5 | **leant back** | present | | | | | | against the wall; accidentally *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **mend** | past · perfect · passive | which Curlicue *not said here* | Peerless Prince | | | | hastily *property* | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/42/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/)