--- title: He talked to them of his charming acquaintances in the town, the bea… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He talked to them of his charming acquaintances in the town, the beauties he had admired, did admire, or thought he was going to admire, until Celandine, who heard it all, was ready to cry with vexation. Who acts: Featherhead, Celandine. 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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 (Featherhead, Celandine), 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:pg7277:12:57 # text = He talked to them of his charming acquaintances in the town, the beauties he had admired, did admire, or thought he was going to admire, until Celandine, who heard it all, was ready to cry with vexation. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 acquaintances acquaintance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 beauties beauty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 admired admire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 admire admire VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 ccomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 admire admire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 until until ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Celandine Celandine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 vexation vexation NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | Featherhead | | Celandine | | | of Featherhead's charming acquaintances in the town and the beauties | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent | | 2 | **admire** | past · perfect | Featherhead | the beauties *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beauty=Stimulus | | 3 | **admire** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Featherhead *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | Featherhead | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **admire** | to-infinitive | Featherhead *not said here* | Celandine | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer celandine=Stimulus | | 7 | **hear** | past | Celandine | beauty | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** | past | | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | | | | with vexation | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with vexation=Theme | | 10 | **acquaint** | | Featherhead | | | the town | | | nom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: poss=agent in=place | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/58/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)