--- title: But though she was very pretty, with a skin as white as a gull’s bre… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But though she was very pretty, with a skin as white as a gull’s breast, for which her neighbours gave her the name of the Seagull, he did not think about her at all, for he was dreaming of the green eyes of the Princess. Who acts: girl, neighbours, John. 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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 (girl, neighbours, John), 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:pg7277:22:102 # text = But though she was very pretty, with a skin as white as a gull’s breast, for which her neighbours gave her the name of the Seagull, he did not think about her at all, for he was dreaming of the green eyes of the Princess. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 gull gull NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Seagull seagull NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 35 about about ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | girl | | | | | pretty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | girl's neighbours | the name of the Seagull | girl | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Recipient name=Theme for which=Asset | | 3 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | John | | | all | | about girl | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about she=Topic | | 4 | **dream** | past · progressive | John | | | | | of the green eyes of the Princess | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **name** | | | the Seagull | | | | | nom name «communication 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/103/) - ↑ back to [The Little Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/)