--- title: But Petru turned a deaf ear to all they said, and before he had wove… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But Petru turned a deaf ear to all they said, and before he had woven his golden crown he felt that something terrible, that he could not see, was coming near him right out of the earth. Who acts: Petru, flowers. 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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 (Petru, flowers), 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:pg641:20:45 # text = But Petru turned a deaf ear to all they said, and before he had woven his golden crown he felt that something terrible, that he could not see, was coming near him right out of the earth. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Petru Petru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 deaf deaf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 13 before before SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 nsubj _ _ 24 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 xcomp _ _ 34 near near ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 right right ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | Petru | a deaf ear | | all | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ear=Theme to all=Trajectory | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | flowers *= flower* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **weave** | past · perfect | Petru | Petru's golden crown | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Product | | 4 | **feel** | past | Petru | | | | | terrible *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **see** | could | Petru | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | past · progressive | Petru *not said here* | | | the earth | | near Petru; right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out earth=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **crown** | | Petru | | | | | | nom crown «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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/46/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/)