--- title: This one is just what I admire’; and he watched her lay the table, b… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This one is just what I admire’; and he watched her lay the table, bring in the food, and take her seat by the fire as if she had never noticed that a strange man was present. Who acts: one, I, fellow, grandmother. 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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 (one, I, fellow, grandmother), 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:pg641:9:84 # text = This one is just what I admire’; and he watched her lay the table, bring in the food, and take her seat by the fire as if she had never noticed that a strange man was present. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 admire admire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | this one | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **admire** | present | I | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **watch** | past | fellow | grandmother | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lay** | infinitive | grandmother *not said here* | the table | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Result | | 5 | **bring** | infinitive | grandmother *not said here* | | | the food | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | fellow *not said here* | grandmother's seat | | | | by the fire | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Theme | | 7 | **not** **notice** | past · perfect | grandmother | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | a strange man | | | | | present *property* | tree rules | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/85/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/)