--- title: On one side he saw the glittering eye of a cruel tiger, on the other… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On one side he saw the glittering eye of a cruel tiger, on the other the gleaming teeth of a great she-wolf; here a huge bear growled fiercely, and there a horrible snake coiled itself in the grass at his feet. Who acts: Iwanich, horrible snake. 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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 (Iwanich, horrible snake), 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:pg640:30:80 # text = On one side he saw the glittering eye of a cruel tiger, on the other the gleaming teeth of a great she-wolf; here a huge bear growled fiercely, and there a horrible snake coiled itself in the grass at his feet. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 glittering glitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 gleaming gleam VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 amod _ _ 19 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 27 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 31 growled growl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 fiercely fiercely ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 coiled coil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 40 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Iwanich | the glittering eye of a cruel tiger | | one side | | on the other gleaming teeth of a great she wolf | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus | | 2 | **glitter** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **gleam** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **growl** | participle | | a huge bear *not said here* | | | | fiercely *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **coil** | past | a horrible snake | side | | the grass; there | | at Iwanich's feet | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent itself=Theme in grass=Source at foot=Trajectory | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/81/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)