--- title: One day, as Rosalie was walking up and down her room, she was surpri… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, as Rosalie was walking up and down her room, she was surprised to see that the crystal which served for a wall had grown cloudy, as if some one had breathed on it, and, what was more, wherever she moved the brightness of the crystal always became clouded. 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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 (Rosalie, One day, crystal), 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:pg640:17:41 # text = One day, as Rosalie was walking up and down her room, she was surprised to see that the crystal which served for a wall had grown cloudy, as if some one had breathed on it, and, what was more, wherever she moved the brightness of the crystal always became clouded. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 Rosalie Rosalie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 8 up up ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 down down ADV RB _ 8 conj _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 crystal crystal NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 29 cloudy cloudy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 34 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 breathed breathe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 brightness brightness NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 crystal crystal NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 55 advmod _ _ 55 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 56 clouded cloud VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past · progressive | Rosalie | Rosalie's room | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** | past | One day | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | One day *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **serve** | past | the crystal | | | | | for a wall | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for wall=Recipient | | 5 | **grow** | past · perfect · passive | | the crystal | | | | cloudy *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **breathe** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | some one | | crystal | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme on it=Destination | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | more *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **move** | past | Rosalie | the brightness of the crystal | | | | wherever *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent brightness=Theme | | 9 | **become** | past | Rosalie *not said here* | | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **cloud** | participle | Rosalie *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/42/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/)