--- title: Ludovine was watching him out of one eye, and no sooner did she hear… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Ludovine was watching him out of one eye, and no sooner did she hear him snore than she unfastened the mantle, drew it gently from under him and wrapped it round her, took the purse from his pocket, and put it in hers, and said: ‘I wish I was back in my own room.’ Who acts: Ludovine, Kinglet, I. 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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 (Ludovine, Kinglet, I), 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:pg7277:22:238 # text = Ludovine was watching him out of one eye, and no sooner did she hear him snore than she unfastened the mantle, drew it gently from under him and wrapped it round her, took the purse from his pocket, and put it in hers, and said: ‘I wish I was back in my own room.’ 1 Ludovine Ludovine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 15 advmod _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 snore snore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 than than SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 unfastened unfasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 gently gently ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 under under ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 wrapped wrap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 round round ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 52 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 57 back back ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 60 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past · progressive | Ludovine | Kinglet | | one eye | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past · do-support | Ludovine | Kinglet | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **snore** | infinitive | Kinglet *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **unfasten** | past | Ludovine | the mantle | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mantle=Patient | | 5 | **draw** | past | | head | | | | from Kinglet; gently *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from he=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **wrap** | past | | head | | | | round Ludovine | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **take** | past | | the purse | | Kinglet's pocket | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent purse=Theme from pocket=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **put** | infinitive | Kinglet *not said here* | head | | | | in Ludovine | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in her=Destination | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ludovine *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **wish** | present | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 11 | **is** | past | I | | | my own room | | | 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 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 237](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/237/) - next →: [sentence 239](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/239/) - ↑ back to [The Little Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/)