--- title: She walked in solitude and melancholy, and never even thought of loo… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She walked in solitude and melancholy, and never even thought of looking at her own image in the polished glass walls that were on every side of her, although she was the prettiest creature anyone could wish to see. Who acts: girl, polished glass walls. 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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 (girl, polished glass walls), 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:pg5615:27:14 # text = She walked in solitude and melancholy, and never even thought of looking at her own image in the polished glass walls that were on every side of her, although she was the prettiest creature anyone could wish to see. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 solitude solitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 melancholy melancholy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 even even ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 polished polish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 21 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 although although SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 prettiest pretty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 amod _ _ 36 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | girl | | | solitude and melancholy | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in solitude=Trajectory | | 2 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | participle | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **look** | gerund | girl *not said here* | | | | | in the polished glass walls; at girl's own image | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at image=Theme | | 4 | **polish** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | the polished glass walls | | | every side | | of girl | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | could · past | girl | | | | | wish *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **image** | | girl | | | | | | nom image «cognition 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 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/15/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/)