--- title: And she told him that looking out of her little window she had seen… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And she told him that looking out of her little window she had seen her brothers flying over the wood in the shape of swans, and she showed him the feathers which they had let fall in the yard, and which she had collected. Who acts: girl, that, brothers. 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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 (girl, that, brothers), 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:pg640:4:26 # text = And she told him that looking out of her little window she had seen her brothers flying over the wood in the shape of swans, and she showed him the feathers which they had let fall in the yard, and which she had collected. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 6 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | father | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **look out** | gerund | that | girl's little window | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | girl | girl's brothers | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | | 4 | **fly** | gerund | girl's brothers *not said here* | | | the wood | | in the shape of swans | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wood=Location | | 5 | **show** | past | girl | the feathers | father | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient feather=Topic | | 6 | **let** | past · perfect · passive | | the feathers | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient fall=Theme | | 7 | **collect** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/27/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/)