--- title: I saw by the way she looked that she would grant your request when s… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I saw by the way she looked that she would grant your request when she had thought over it,’ and, telling Elsa to wait, she entered the house to seek her mother. Who acts: I, mother, your. 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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, mother, your), 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:pg641:2:48 # text = I saw by the way she looked that she would grant your request when she had thought over it,’ and, telling Elsa to wait, she entered the house to seek her mother. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 25 Elsa Elsa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 iobj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | I | | | | | by the way | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **look** | past | mother | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Attribute | | 3 | **grant** | would | mother | your request | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent request=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect | mother | | | request | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | mother *not said here* | | Elsa | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent elsa=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **enter** | past | mother | the house | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination | | 8 | **seek** | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | mother's mother | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme | | 9 | **request** | | your | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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/pg641/2/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/49/) - ↑ back to [A Tale of the Tontlawald](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/2/)