--- title: I do not know why Petru devoured her so with his eyes, unless it was… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I do not know why Petru devoured her so with his eyes, unless it was to count the wrinkles on her face; but if so he would have had to live seven lives, and each life seven times the length of an ordinary one, before he could have reckoned them up. Who acts: I, Petru, wickedness. 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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, Petru, wickedness), 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:pg641:21:50 # text = I do not know why Petru devoured her so with his eyes, unless it was to count the wrinkles on her face; but if so he would have had to live seven lives, and each life seven times the length of an ordinary one, before he could have reckoned them up. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 Petru Petru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 devoured devour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wrinkles wrinkle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 31 advcl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux _ _ 31 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 38 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 before before SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux _ _ 53 reckoned reckon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 up up ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **devour** | past | Petru | goddess | | | | with Petru's eyes | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | wickedness | | | | | count *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | would · perfect | Petru | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **live** | to-infinitive | Petru *not said here* | seven lives | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location | | 6 | **reckon up** | could · perfect · passive | | each life | | | time | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme they=Attribute | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/51/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/)