--- title: Kay and Gerda were looking at one of their picture-books--the clock… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Kay and Gerda were looking at one of their picture-books--the clock in the great church-tower had just struck five, when Kay exclaimed, ‘Oh! something has stung my heart, and I’ve got something in my eye!’ Who acts: Kay, I. 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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 (Kay, I), 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:pg5615:8:75 # text = Kay and Gerda were looking at one of their picture-books--the clock in the great church-tower had just struck five, when Kay exclaimed, ‘Oh! something has stung my heart, and I’ve got something in my eye!’ 1 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 10 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 19 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 just just ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 25 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ! ! PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ 34 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 stung sting VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 parataxis _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ve have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 43 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 42 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past · progressive | Kay and Gerda | | | | | at one of Kay's picture books | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at one=Theme | | 2 | **strike** | past · perfect · passive | | the clock in the great church tower | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient five=Result | | 3 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | Kay | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sting** | present · perfect · passive | | something | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer heart=Result | | 5 | **have** | present | I | something | | my eye | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 6 | **get** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/76/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/)