--- title: No one thought of finding any faults, till at length an old woman, w… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No one thought of finding any faults, till at length an old woman, who had been walking through the rooms with a crowd of people, suddenly exclaimed, ‘Yes, it is a splendid palace, but there is still something it needs!’ Who acts: one thought, old woman, thought, palace. 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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 (one thought, old woman, thought, palace), 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:pg5615:20:42 # text = No one thought of finding any faults, till at length an old woman, who had been walking through the rooms with a crowd of people, suddenly exclaimed, ‘Yes, it is a splendid palace, but there is still something it needs!’ 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 4 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 faults fault NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 till till ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux _ _ 19 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 acl _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 39 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 still still ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | gerund | no one thought *not said here* | any faults | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Topic | | 2 | **walk** | past · perfect · progressive | a old woman | | | the rooms | | with a crowd of people | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through room=Trajectory | | 3 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | participle | | length *not said here* | | | | suddenly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | thought | a splendid palace | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | no one thought | something | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **need** | present | palace | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/43/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/)