--- title: Just before they lost sight of the little house they heard loud crie… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Just before they lost sight of the little house they heard loud cries and lamentations from the miserly old dame, and, looking round, perceived that the beautiful cow was vanishing in spite of her frantic efforts to hold it fast. Who acts: lamentations, beautiful cow. 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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 (lamentations, beautiful cow), 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:pg7277:12:189 # text = Just before they lost sight of the little house they heard loud cries and lamentations from the miserly old dame, and, looking round, perceived that the beautiful cow was vanishing in spite of her frantic efforts to hold it fast. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 lamentations lamentation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 miserly miserly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 dame dame NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 25 round round ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 27 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 vanishing vanish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 frantic frantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 efforts effort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | lamentations *= lamentation* | sight of the little house | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | | 2 | **hear** | past | lamentations *= lamentation* | loud cries and lamentations | | the miserly old dame | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cry=Topic from dame=Source | | 3 | **look round** | gerund | | | | | | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **perceive** | past | lamentations *= lamentation* *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **vanish** | past · progressive | the beautiful cow | | | spite of cow's frantic efforts | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hold** | to-infinitive | the beautiful cow *not said here* | sight | | | | fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **sight** | | | the little house | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **spite** | | | cow's frantic efforts | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 188](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/188/) - next →: [sentence 190](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/190/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)