--- title: He said it was quite true, for he had seen her beauty with his own e… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He said it was quite true, for he had seen her beauty with his own eyes, and had heard with his own ears how sweetly she could sing and what a lovely voice she had. Who acts: stepson, palace, girl. 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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 (stepson, palace, girl), 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:pg5615:31:79 # text = He said it was quite true, for he had seen her beauty with his own eyes, and had heard with his own ears how sweetly she could sing and what a lovely voice she had. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 27 sweetly sweetly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | stepson | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | palace | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | stepson | girl's beauty | | | | with stepson's own eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beauty=Stimulus | | 4 | **hear** | past · perfect | stepson *not said here* | | | | | with stepson's own ears | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | could | girl | | | | | sweetly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 6 | **have** | past | girl | a lovely voice *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/80/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/)