--- title: I had a mirror’--here shyness and embarrassment choked her words--bu… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I had a mirror’--here shyness and embarrassment choked her words--but regaining her self-control, she added, ‘You know that fairies insist on being obeyed without questioning. Who acts: I, shyness, bird, You. 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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 (I, shyness, bird, You), 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:pg640:12:32 # text = I had a mirror’--here shyness and embarrassment choked her words--but regaining her self-control, she added, ‘You know that fairies insist on being obeyed without questioning. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 8 shyness shyness NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 embarrassment embarrassment NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 choked choke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 16 regaining regain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 18 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 control control NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 insist insist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 31 on on SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 obeyed obey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 ccomp _ _ 34 without without SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 questioning question VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | I | a mirror | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mirror=Patient | | 2 | **choke** | past | shyness and embarrassment | bird | | here | | | tree rules | | 3 | **regain** | gerund | bird *not said here* | bird's self control | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=Theme | | 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | bird | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **know** | present | You | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **insist** *speech: other* | present | fairies | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **obey** | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP» | | 8 | **question** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/33/) - ↑ back to [The Donkey Cabbage, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/)