--- title: They were all lost in admiration of the bird’s beautiful plumage, an… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They were all lost in admiration of the bird’s beautiful plumage, and one forward youth, who was covered with clay from head to foot, called out, ‘Oh, if I’d only one of those feathers how happy I should be!’ Who acts: 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 (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:pg7277:23:26 # text = They were all lost in admiration of the bird’s beautiful plumage, and one forward youth, who was covered with clay from head to foot, called out, ‘Oh, if I’d only one of those feathers how happy I should be!’ 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 plumage plumage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 16 forward forward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 37 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’d 'd VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 38 only only ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 44 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · passive | | people | | admiration of the bird's beautiful plumage | | one forward youth *obl*; all *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **cover** | past · passive | | one forward youth | | head | | with clay; to foot | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with clay=Theme | | 3 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | | one forward youth *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **'d** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | one of that feathers | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **admire** | | | the bird's beautiful plumage | | | | | nom admiration «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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/27/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Swan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/23/)