--- title: He saw the glittering palace, which by the pale rays of the moon loo… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He saw the glittering palace, which by the pale rays of the moon looked like a dim lamp; and he saw the high windows, and round one of them a balcony in which the beautiful Princess sat lost in sad thoughts. Who acts: bird, glittering palace, round one. 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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 (bird, glittering palace, round one), 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:pg640:22:48 # text = He saw the glittering palace, which by the pale rays of the moon looked like a dim lamp; and he saw the high windows, and round one of them a balcony in which the beautiful Princess sat lost in sad thoughts. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 glittering glitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 16 like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 balcony balcony NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | bird | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **glitter** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **look** | past | the glittering palace | | | | | like a dim lamp | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | past | bird | the high windows | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Stimulus | | 5 | **balcony** | | round one of rays | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **lose** | past · passive | | the beautiful Princess | | a balcony | | in sad thoughts | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **ray** | | | the moon | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/49/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/)