--- title: She cleared it like a bird, and the king, who was obliged to stop sh… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She cleared it like a bird, and the king, who was obliged to stop short at the edge, saw the lovely Diaphana flying over the plain, sometimes driven to the right, sometimes to the left, till at last she vanished out of sight. Who acts: princess, king, lovely Diaphana. 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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 (princess, king, lovely Diaphana), 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:pg5615:30:5 # text = She cleared it like a bird, and the king, who was obliged to stop short at the edge, saw the lovely Diaphana flying over the plain, sometimes driven to the right, sometimes to the left, till at last she vanished out of sight. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cleared clear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 17 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Diaphana Diaphana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 over over ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 32 advmod _ _ 32 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 40 advmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 till till SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 obl _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 47 out out ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clear** | past | princess | wind | | | | like a bird | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent it=Source | | 2 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the king | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **stop** | to-infinitive | | | | | | short *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **see** | past | the king | the lovely Diaphana | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer diaphana=Stimulus | | 5 | **fly** | gerund | the lovely Diaphana *not said here* | | | the plain | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over plain=Location | | 6 | **drive** | participle | | the plain *not said here* | | the right and the left | | sometimes *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to right=Trajectory | | 7 | **vanish** | past | princess | | | last | | out sight | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/6/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)