--- title: His feathers were sky-blue and gold, his feet and his beak of such g… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His feathers were sky-blue and gold, his feet and his beak of such glittering rubies that no one could bear to look at them, his eyes made the brightest diamonds look dull, and on his head he wore a crown. Who acts: feathers, one, eyes, brightest diamonds. 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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 (feathers, one, eyes, brightest diamonds), 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:pg640:11:40 # text = His feathers were sky-blue and gold, his feet and his beak of such glittering rubies that no one could bear to look at them, his eyes made the brightest diamonds look dull, and on his head he wore a crown. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 blue blue NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 glittering glittering NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 rubies ruby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 brightest bright ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 amod _ _ 34 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 36 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Saphir's feathers | sky blue and gold and Saphir's feet and Saphir's beak of such glittering rubies | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bear** | could | no one | such glittering rubies | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | | | | | at feathers *= feather* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | Saphir's eyes | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | present | the brightest diamonds | | | | | dull *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **wear** | past | Saphir | a crown | | Saphir's head | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/11/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/11/41/) - ↑ back to [The Donkey Cabbage, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/11/)